The Sterling Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Your work fits if it falls within the charity's stated purposes: relief of poverty and need, education, science, the arts, religion, health or the saving of lives, or environmental protection.
- Its organisational grants have gone to charities working on medical engineering, disability, children's mobility, specialist education for young people with little or no sight, and children affected by brain injury, which shows the kind of work it has backed.
- Its typical grant is about £14,500, according to the annual report, and that is a typical band rather than a ceiling, so a request near that size is a sensible starting point.
- The annual report and register entry name no published way to apply, so write to the charity first to ask how it selects grantees and when it considers requests, since it says it has arrangements for choosing appropriate grantees.
Overview
The Sterling Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1127454).
The Sterling Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales that exists to make grants for purposes that are exclusively charitable under the law of England and Wales. Its stated purposes include relief of poverty and need, education, science, the arts, religion, health or the saving of lives, and environmental protection, and it gives its geographic focus as the world. According to its annual report, it awarded £101,500 in grants.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2024) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 25 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Sterling Charity makes grants for purposes that are exclusively charitable under the law of England and Wales. Its stated purposes include the relief of poverty and of people in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. It also advances education, science, the arts, religion, health or the saving of lives, and environmental protection or improvement. These charitable purposes may be pursued within the United Kingdom or elsewhere in the world. Its organisational grants have gone to charities concerned with medical engineering, disability, children's mobility, specialist education for young people with little or no sight, and children affected by brain injury. The charity says it has arrangements to select appropriate grantees.
Themes
- Poverty and need
- Education
- Science
- Arts
- Religion
- Health and saving lives
- Environmental protection
Geographic Focus
The world.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report or its register entry.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to The Sterling Charity.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 7 grants in year to 31 December 2024 by size
Median £14,500 (year to 31 December 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Child Brain Injury Trust (UK Registered Charity No.1113326)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
- Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity (UK Registered Charity No.1089657)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
- Demand Design and Manufacture for Disability (UK Registered Charity No.1008128)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
- InFocus Charity (formerly West of England School & College for young people with little or no sight) (UK Registered Charity No.1058937)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
- Medical Engineering Resource Unit (UK Registered Charity No. 269804)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
- Ruskin Mill Trust Limited (UK Registered Charity No.1137167)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
- The Movement for Non-Mobile Children (Whizz-Kidz) (UK Registered Charity No.802872)£14,500year to 31 December 2024
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £152,195 | £305,578 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £78,981 | £246,982 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £115,130 | £260,604 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £179,021 | £262,870 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £159,611 | £300,860 | £101,500 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
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 December 2024)
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 25 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