The Salamander Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Salamander Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oakham. It was registered in June 1977, 49 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 Salamander Charitable Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £177k, spending 370% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £61k to £48k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 295% 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 Salamander Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheppey Hospital League of Friends Trust (£48k), Caister Community Support (£48k) and Place of Grace Ministries (£48k).

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.