THE SYDNEY BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 219855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The giving of grants and donations to individuals and institutions - maintaining an Evangelical Christian ethos and providing funding for the advancement of education, the preservation of child life, the relief of child distress, the advancement of religion and the relief and redemption of prisoners and captives.Grants will only be given to organisations, not to individuals.

Objects

WELFARE & RELIEF OF THE AGED & POOR, EDUCATION & PRESERVATION OF CHILD LIFE, ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION & RELIEF & REDEMPTION OF PRISONERS OR CAPTIVES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£70k

Latest spending

£111k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £225,908 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £4,306,221 to £4,080,222 before investment gains. However, total free reserves increased to £4,841,465 due to significant unrealized gains on investments. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities and meet financial obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: preserve the capital value of the charity’s free reserves whilst at the same time maximising annual income sufficient to allow budgeted giving each year to be maintained or increased (held: £4.8m)

“The trustees are keen that grant giving through the charity is achievable in perpetuity and therefore wish to largely preserve the capital value of the charity’s free reserves whilst at the same time maximising annual income sufficient to allow budgeted giving each year to be maintained or increased.”

Per its FY2026 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.

Investment
Risk management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

HILARY JOY DICKENSON
PHILIP MARK CRABTREE
STEPHEN JOHN CRABTREE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£70k	£111k
05/04/2025	£83k	£45k
05/04/2024	£84k	£86k
05/04/2023	£69k	£116k
05/04/2022	£62k	£117k

Common questions

Is THE SYDNEY BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £225,908 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £4,306,221 to £4,080,222 before investment gains. However, total free reserves increased to £4,841,465 due to significant unrealized gains on investments. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities and meet financial obligations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
AMABRILL LTD	1	£50k

Charities like this

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

THE SYDNEY BRENNER CHARITABLE TRUST income £277k
THE SIR VICTOR BLANK CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £39k
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k
RHODI CHARITABLE TRUST income £184k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED income £1.9m
THE BERTIE BLACK FOUNDATION income £150k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SYDNEY BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	£70k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SYDNEY BRENNER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£277k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SIR VICTOR BLANK CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025	£39k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£88k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RHODI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£184k	—	within	—	no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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