The Julius Silman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Julius Silman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Trowbridge. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 April 2025, The Julius Silman Charitable Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £37k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £32k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Julius Silman Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey 4x4 Response (£32k), Insaan Aid (£32k) and Love and Compassion in Action (£32k).

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.