The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust reported income of £203k and spending of £416k, spending 205% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £162k to £203k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Make Some Noise Ltd (£203k), New Sinfonia (£203k) and Vulcan Restoration Trust (£203k).