Sandra Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sandra Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1987, 39 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. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Sandra Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £992k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £723k to £1.2m (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sandra 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary & Community (£1.2m), Neotree (£1.2m) and Manor Farm Community Association (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 70% and donations and legacies 30%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £620k. Reserves of £30.9m would cover about 326 months of spending at that rate.