Sarnia Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sarnia Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sarnia Charitable Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £51k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £29k to £46k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sarnia Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dereham Windmill (£46k), The Robey Trust Limited (£46k) and Bowyer Family Memorial Trust (£46k).