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THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1079651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Trust supports charities primarily operating in disclosed area in the fields of education, sport, arts and health

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£780k
Latest spending
£348k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,004,460, with no restricted funds held. The trustees report that there is no need for a reserves policy as the trust has no contractual commitments and reserves are invested to provide future income. The charity is funded by donations and investment returns, with no significant fundraising activities carried out.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees
“Donations received from trustees in the year amounted to £281,216 (2025: £60,000)” — page 17
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nunn Hayward LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£780k
Total spending
£348k
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£7.0m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£780k£348k
31/03/2025£416k£243k
31/03/2024£819k£335k
31/03/2023£885k£265k
31/03/2022£2.4m£411k

Common questions

Is THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,004,460, with no restricted funds held. The trustees report that there is no need for a reserves policy as the trust has no contractual commitments and reserves are invested to provide future income. The charity is funded by donations and investment returns, with no significant fundraising activities carried out. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Nunn Hayward LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SAMJO LIMITED1£1.1m
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£95k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£60k
BRUSHMILL LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST£780k—0unclear—no doubt
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£738k—0unclear—no doubt
Tinsley Charitable Trust FY2025£467kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE SCS TRUST FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£565k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£126k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.