The Ear Trust

Analysis

The Ear Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Ear Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £49k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £30k to £34k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ear Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Proven Family Trust (£34k), The Peter Samuel Royal Free Fund (£34k) and African Mission (£34k).