Sherburn House Charity

Registered charity 1177535 · since 2018sherburnhouse.org·Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£10,000

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2026

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

If your organisation works with older people in the North East of England, which is the stated priority area and theme, it is worth getting in touch.
Individuals should not apply, because the charity does not fund individual requests.
The annual report gives one total of £10,000 in its latest year, which may include grants to individuals, so do not assume all of it goes to organisations; the top-up grants it reports were £1,000 each to 10 organisations, which gives a sense of scale.
No application process is published, so start with the contact shown on its website or in the register, and ask how grants are made, since funding is channelled through a charitable partner that identifies the organisations it supports.

Overview

Sherburn House Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1177535).

Sherburn House Charity is a registered charity that exists to provide relief in need to people living in its beneficial area, through care, housing and grant funding. It was founded as 'Christ's Hospital in Sherburn', originally as a leper hospital for up to 65 leprous monks and nuns. It allocated £10,000 of surplus funds to the Ballinger Charitable Trust to manage and distribute on its behalf, and 10 organisations received top-up donations of £1,000 each. Its 'Relief in Need' grants are managed through that trust, and individual requests for funding are not accepted.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The charity’s mission is to provide relief in need to people living in its beneficial area through care, housing and grant funding. Its small-grants work supports individuals or groups who support people living in that area. Grant funding is channelled through a charitable partner, which identifies charitable organisations working with older people across the region. Grants help those organisations improve activities and services that promote older people’s wellbeing, independence and quality of life. The trustees review the impact of the funding so that grant-making remains targeted, proportionate and aligned with the charity’s objectives.

Themes

Older people

Geographic Focus

Priority: The North East of England.

What they don't fund

The foundation does not fund individual requests for funding

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Sherburn House Charity.

Charity of Sir Richard WhittingtonNo public processGave £5.3M The Harry and Janice Banks FoundationNo public processGave £281k The Squires FoundationRollingGave £244k The Rothley TrustFixed deadlinesGave £191k Consolidated Charity of Burton upon TrentFixed deadlinesGave £102k The Mercers Charitable FoundationNo public processGave £3.7M T.H.Russell Charitable TrustRollingGave £241k The Sir Simon Milton FoundationGave £159k The 1989 Willan Charitable TrustNo public processGave £802k Lempriere Pringle 2015Invitation onlyGave £4.5M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2022	£1,512,183	£1,496,024	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£3,690,885	£3,079,147	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£3,804,125	£3,624,867	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£4,010,332	£3,463,526	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025
year to 31 March 2026	£4,277,403	£3,307,115	£10,000	Accounts for year to 31 March 2026

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2026: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.