Sylvia Wright Trust

Analysis

Sylvia Wright Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Sylvia Wright Trust reported income of £438k and spending of £167k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £170k to £438k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sylvia Wright Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Options for International Health (£438k), The Norman Family Charitable Trust (£438k) and Stoke Air Ambulance CIO (£438k).