Edgar Palamountain Memorial Trust

Analysis

Edgar Palamountain Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blandford Forum. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Edgar Palamountain Memorial Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £4,945, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £11k to £14k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Edgar Palamountain Memorial Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley Blind and Partially Sighted Association (£14k), British Ravidassia Heritage Foundation (£14k) and Tamil Catholic Association (UK) Tca (UK) (£14k).