SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 259520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENID MARGARET HAMLIN COUNTESS OF KINNOWLL TRUST KNOWN AS SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST

WELFARE OF AND PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND ADVANCEMENT OF TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AS TAUGHT AND ACCEPTED BEFORE THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL

Causes: Religious Activities · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient reserves to continue its objectives, with unrestricted funds increasing in both the Sterling and Dollar sections. The trustees report that income is fully committed to charitable distributions, leaving little surplus for new appeals. The charity relies entirely on investment income and has no fundraising activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

MR JOHN CROSFIELD VERNOR MILESchair · trustee of 7 other charities
ALEXANDER DAVID GEMMILL
MR WILFRID EDWARD VERNOR MILES · trustee of 10 other charities
Matthew James Priday

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

Operates in: Mauritius · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£114k	£157k
31/12/2024	£104k	£140k
31/12/2023	£100k	£186k
31/12/2022	£84k	£101k
31/12/2021	£91k	£174k

Common questions

Is SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient reserves to continue its objectives, with unrestricted funds increasing in both the Sterling and Dollar sections. The trustees report that income is fully committed to charitable distributions, leaving little surplus for new appeals. The charity relies entirely on investment income and has no fundraising activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Donations and legacies

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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES, LECKHAMPTON WITH ST CHRISTOPHER'S, WARDEN HILL	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUST income £105k
SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY income £354k
INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF THE NUMBER 1 TRUST FUND income £392k
CHARITIES FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY TRINITY income £143k
THE VALLADOLID TRUST FUND income £307k
THE SINCLAIR CHARITY income £654k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£105k	—	above	—	no doubt
SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY FY2025	£354k	—	above	—	no doubt
INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF THE NUMBER 1 TRUST FUND FY2024	£392k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITIES FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY TRINITY FY2024	£143k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE VALLADOLID TRUST FUND FY2025	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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