Edwards Skinner Charitable Trust

Analysis

Edwards Skinner Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Edwards Skinner Charitable Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £83k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £43k to £44k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Edwards Skinner Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spondon Relief in Need Charity (£44k), Free From Fear (£44k) and Oakhanger Project (£44k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.