Cheerful Sparrows (Thanet)

Analysis

Cheerful Sparrows (Thanet) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cheerful Sparrows (Thanet) reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,840 to £16k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 259%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Cheerful Sparrows (Thanet) 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 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Christine Roberts-Ridgway Foundation (£16k), Hunstanton and District Men's Shed (£16k) and H B Bicket Charitable Trust (£16k).