THE SIGMA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1085433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The making of contributions to named registered charities whose objectives are illnesses, Hindu temples in the UK for the purchase of equipment and facilities, Schools in the UK for purchase of equipment and facilities and charities concerned with relief from natural disasters.

Objects

2.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT BUT ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CLAUSES 2.2,2.3, 2.4 AND 2.5 HEREUNDER PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR; AND2.2 THE MAKING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAMED REGISTERED CHARITIES WHOSE OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF AND A CURE FOR CANCER, AND OTHER SPECIFIC ILLNESSES; AND2.3 THE MAKING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO HINDU TEMPLES IN THE UK WHICH ARE REGISTERED CHARITIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WHICH THE TRUSTEES WILL SPECIFY; AND2.4 THE MAKING OF CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS IN THE UK WHICH ARE REGISTERED CHARITIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WHICH THE TRUSTEES WILL SPECIFY; AND2.5 THE MAKING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO REGISTERED CHARITIES CONCERNED WITH RELIEF FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE 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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£95k
Latest spending
£82k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £24,517 were maintained at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £25k)
“It is the policy of the that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£95k£82k
05/04/2024£7k£42k
05/04/2023£46k£19k
05/04/2022£33k£23k
05/04/2021£45k£39k

Common questions

Is THE SIGMA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £24,517 were maintained at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.