Shemtov Charitable Trust

Analysis

Shemtov Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shemtov Charitable Trust reported income of £738k and spending of £819k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £447k to £738k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shemtov Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardiff Young Men's Christian Association (£737k), Community Council of Lancashire (£738k) and The Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust (£737k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £514k. Reserves of £6.1m would cover about 88 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.