The Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst Trust

Analysis

The Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 December 2025, The Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst Trust reported income of £152k and spending of £146k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £50k to £152k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Church of Christ (£152k), Llandaff Diocesan Mothers Union (£153k) and Christ Apostolic Church Great Britain Headquarters (£151k).