The Sylvan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sylvan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sylvan Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £7,774, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £16k to £13k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, The Sylvan Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Kensington Day Centre (£13k), The Cornus Trust (£13k) and The Friends of Arundel Museum (£13k).