The Searle Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Searle Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Searle Charitable Trust reported income of £167k and spending of £140k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £118k to £167k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Searle Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts (£166k), Penydarren Boys and Girls Club (£167k) and Run 4 Wales Charitable Foundation (£166k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.