The Summerfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Summerfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glos. It was registered in December 1989, 37 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Summerfield Charitable Trust reported income of £264k and spending of £3.5m, spending 1331% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £322k to £264k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 432% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Summerfield Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Anthony Knights Foundation Trust (£264k), Age Concern Bracknell Forest (£264k) and The True Athlete Project Ltd (£264k).