S O Charitable Trust

Analysis

S O Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, S O Charitable Trust reported income of £149k and spending of £198k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £129k to £149k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, S O Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary and St Gabriel, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes. (£149k), Islamic Brotherhood Coventry (£149k) and Jesus Restoration Centre (£149k).

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