THE SUNSET CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1186750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist charitable projects supporting established Charities, with particular focus on Charities who support and focus on cancer medical research and projects, reliving sickness and health in old age, promoting conservation of the environment, financial hardship amongst elderly people, reliving suffering of animals and promoting the prevention of poverty.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£148k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £254,201 alongside a significant expendable endowment fund of £5,000,000. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet future funding requirements and have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The charity received total income and endowments of £5,147,778 (2023: £55,000) during the year, of which £5,000,000 established the expendable endowment fund.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient level to enable it to continue to provide such funding in future years (held: £254k)
“As the trust does not seek funding but uses its resources to provide funding for the furtherance of its objectives, it is the Trustees’ policy to maintain the charity’s reserves at sufficient level to enable it to continue to provide such funding in future years.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Switzerland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£148k£62k
31/12/2023£55k£87k
31/12/2022£200k£0
31/12/2021£0£0
31/12/2020£0£0

Common questions

Is THE SUNSET CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £254,201 alongside a significant expendable endowment fund of £5,000,000. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet future funding requirements and have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SUNSET CHARITABLE TRUST£148k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£627k—0above—no doubt
THE SUNRISE EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£466k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£489k—0unclear—no doubt
T.H.RUSSELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£235k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024£181k—0above—no doubt

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