SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 214050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Schroder Charity Trust is a grant making charity that aims to support a broad range of charitable causes. For our current priorities and application process please refer to: www.schrodercharitytrust.org for full details.

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Latest income
£598k
Latest spending
£537k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £10,637,007 due to net investment losses of £706,070, despite investment income of £597,567. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are managed to ensure current grant levels are maintained for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Administration and accountancy services charged by The Schroder Foundation, a connected charity where two directors are trustees.
“Two of the Directors, Mrs C L Fitzalan Howard and Ms L K E Schroder, are also trustees of The Schroder Foundation. During the year The Schroder Foundation made a charge to the charity of £40,970 (2024: £45,916) in respect of administration and accountancy services provided during the year and £34 regarding Companies House costs. An amount of £16,066 (2024: £20,406) is due to The Schroder Foundation at the year end.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£598k
Total spending
£537k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£10.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~237.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 0.4% 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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£598k£537k
31/03/2024£595k£516k
31/03/2023£572k£579k
31/03/2022£561k£457k
31/03/2021£525k£562k

Common questions

Is SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £10,637,007 due to net investment losses of £706,070, despite investment income of £597,567. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are managed to ensure current grant levels are maintained for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Who funds SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST as a grant recipient include HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAINFY2023£4kGB Projects

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
BRUSHMILL LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Schroder 1905 Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST£598k—0unclear—no doubt
The Schroder 1905 Trust FY2025£573k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION FY2025£2.2m£70,000 - £79,999—unclear—no doubt
the Shoftim Charitable Trust FY2025£546k—0unclear—no doubt
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£820k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SCS TRUST FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt

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