A charity set up by Sarah Ferguson appears to have formally closed and is now removed from the Charity Commission’s register.
In February, Sarah’s Trust told the BBC it would “close for the foreseeable future” after documents revealed ties between the former duchess of York and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Besides being removed from the commission’s register, the CIO’s status on Companies House is now listed as “converted/closed”.
In the year to May 2025, its last before the closure announcement, Sarah’s Trust gave out £104,000 in grants and received £31,300 in donations and gifts.
Before announcing its closure, the charity had planned to expand its reach through investment in humanitarian relief, environmental innovation and community-led solutions projects.
Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice published 3.5 million additional pages in response to the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The files, which include over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, contain hundreds of references to Ferguson.
In one email, Ferguson thanked Epstein “for being the brother I’ve always wished for”, while in another one, she congratulated him on the arrival of a baby boy.
In September 2025, several UK charities including Julia’s House and the Teenage Cancer Trust, of which Ferguson had been a patron, announced that they were ending their relationship with her.
