Miss Summers and Miss May's Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Miss Summers and Miss May's Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Miss Summers and Miss May's Charitable Settlement reported income of £22k and spending of £23k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Miss Summers and Miss May's Charitable Settlement sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Navajeevana Healthcare Centre (£22k), The African Palms Association (£22k) and Kimberley Miners Recreation Ground (£22k).