The Sargent Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust's stated purposes are broad, covering conservation and the environment, museums and field centres, education, health, arts, culture and science, relief of need and animal welfare, so check that your work sits within one of these.
- The annual report gives annual giving of £180,500, but the Charity Commission register does not confirm that scale, and no grant range or typical grant size is published, so a modest, specific request is the safest starting point.
- No application process is publicly published, so a short written enquiry that sets out the specific funding you need suits the trust's stated approach, since trustees assess applications against that requirement before they approve or refuse them.
- Trustees also regularly monitor how recipient charities use their funds, so be ready to explain how any grant would be spent and reported.
- Nothing available says when the trust makes decisions, how competitive it is, or whom it would not fund.
Overview
The Sargent Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 328596).
The Sargent Charitable Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales that makes donations to charitable institutions as its trustees think fit. Its activities include making donations to other charities and investing in and preserving buildings to sustain its work. Its stated purposes include preserving amenity and land of scientific, agricultural, horticultural or silvicultural interest, and establishing conservation or field centres or museums for public education and benefit. The annual report gives its annual giving as £180,500.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust makes donations to other charities and invests in and preserves buildings to sustain its work. Its stated purposes include preserving, protecting and improving amenity and land of scientific, agricultural, horticultural or silvicultural interest, and establishing conservation or field centres or museums for public education and benefit. It also advances education; health and the saving of lives; arts, culture, heritage and science; environmental protection or improvement; relief for people facing age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; and animal welfare. Its objects allow assistance to charitable organisations or charitable purposes. Trustees assess applications against the specific requirement for funds and regularly monitor recipients' application of funds.
Themes
- Conservation and environment
- Museums and field centres
- Education
- Health
- Arts, culture and science
- Relief of need
- Animal welfare
How to apply
Trustees review the specific requirement for funds and then approve or refuse grant applications.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Trustees regularly monitor and review recipient charities' use of funds.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £2,030,112 | £92,516 | £48,150 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £692,366 | £159,734 | £73,295 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £65,428 | £140,692 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £3,569,229 | £212,397 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £682,062 | £304,603 | £180,500 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for that year.
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission