THE RELIEF TRUST

Registered charity 1082238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making of grants to Charitable organisations involved in a wide range of causes.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUPPORT OR ESTABLISH

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£8k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £2,081,684, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund commitments. The charity operates on a cash basis with no staff costs or fundraising expenses reported, having awarded a single grant of £5,000 during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute the annual income from the Trust with the balance of distributions being paid from carried forward capital (held: £2.1m)

“The Trustees' policy is to distribute the annual income from the Trust with the balance of distributions being paid from carried forward capital.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER ROBERT SHERRATT · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£39k	£8k
05/04/2024	£4k	£2k
05/04/2023	£15k	£2k
05/04/2022	£27	£2k
05/04/2021	£84	£2k

Common questions

Is THE RELIEF TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £2,081,684, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund commitments. The charity operates on a cash basis with no staff costs or fundraising expenses reported, having awarded a single grant of £5,000 during the year.

Charities like this

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

THE REEVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £32k
THE RAINFORD TRUST income £313k
THE A. H. TRUST income £359k
RJM CHARITY TRUST income £364k
THE MANIFOLD TRUST income £84k
UK RELIEF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATION income £150k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RELIEF TRUST	£39k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE REEVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAINFORD TRUST FY2024	£313k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025	£359k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RJM CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£364k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MANIFOLD TRUST FY2025	£84k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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