The Schuster Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Schuster Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in July 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Schuster Charitable Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £42k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £54k to £57k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 2752%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Schuster Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The John Avins Trust (£57k), Lyme Regis Leisure Centre (£57k) and Contact: Selsdon Churches Neighbourhood Care (£57k).