St Edmunds Trust

Analysis

St Edmunds Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01296735). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, St Edmunds Trust reported income of £107k and spending of £71k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £38k to £107k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 235% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Edmunds Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unity Church, Orpington (£107k), The Congolese Association of Merseyside (£107k) and The Amelie and Daniel Linsey Foundation (£107k).