The Sir Hugh and Lady Sykes Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sir Hugh and Lady Sykes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hope Valley. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sir Hugh and Lady Sykes Charitable Trust reported income of £93k and spending of £68k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £167k to £93k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sir Hugh and Lady Sykes Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Estelle Trust (£93k), The Van Mesdag Fund (£93k) and The Augustine Courtauld Trust (£92k).