Sudbury Freemen's Trust

Analysis

Sudbury Freemen's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sudbury. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sudbury Freemen's Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £6,393, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,219 to £15k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sudbury Freemen's Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Ross Hospital (£15k), The Football League Jubilee Benevolent Fund (£15k) and The Pamela Barlow Charitable Trust (£15k).