The Sharpe Trust

Analysis

The Sharpe Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sharpe Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £8,600, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,364 to £10k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Sharpe Trust sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The K F Ratcliffe Charitable Trust (£10k), Saint George's Church Trust (£10k) and Keyway Church (£10k).