Sandell Trust

Analysis

Sandell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sandell Trust reported income of £310k and spending of £307k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £190k to £310k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sandell Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust Limited (£310k), Ledbury Poetry (£311k) and Give Youth a Break (£310k).