The Sybil Shine Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Sybil Shine Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1975, 51 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 Sybil Shine Memorial Trust reported income of £141k and spending of £693k, spending 492% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £122k to £141k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 565% 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 Sybil Shine Memorial Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nottinghamshire Miners Welfare Trust Fund Scheme (£141k), Glory and Fire Ministries International (£141k) and Global Aid Trust Limited (£141k).

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.