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THE SEQUOIA TRUST

Registered charity 1163457 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE TRUST WILL DONATE FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF A RANGE OFCHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£17.4m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £487,834,000, supported by investment assets valued at £477,611,000 and a bank balance of £31,978,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. The charity has no employees and no trustee remuneration, with governance costs totaling £290,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient working capital for the ongoing grant commitments (held: £487.8m)
“The Trustees ensure the Trust holds sufficient working capital for the ongoing grant commitments. Reserves have been built up to fund future grant and award activities.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£17.4m
Reserves (reported)
£488.3m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (83% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£2.9m£17.4m
30/06/2024£2.4m£22.7m
30/06/2023£13.8m£19.7m
30/06/2022£58.8m£80.2m
30/06/2021£32.5m£5.4m

Common questions

Is THE SEQUOIA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £487,834,000, supported by investment assets valued at £477,611,000 and a bank balance of £31,978,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. The charity has no employees and no trustee remuneration, with governance costs totaling £290,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith 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
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SEQUOIA TRUST£2.9m—0above—no doubt
THE SEARLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
SELLATA LIMITED FY2026£158k—0above—no doubt
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£820k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WILLOW TREE TRUST FY2024£184k—0above—no doubt
THE PRIMROSE TRUST FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt

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