Salt of the Earth

Analysis

Salt of the Earth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in August 1989, 37 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 and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Salt of the Earth reported income of £218k and spending of £185k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £218k to £218k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Salt of the Earth sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wythenshawe Hospital Transplant Fund (£218k), UK Friends of the Mustique Charitable Trust (£218k) and Slough Crossroads Caring for Carers (£218k).