The Eddystone Trust

Analysis

The Eddystone Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03867526). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Eddystone Trust reported income of £923k and spending of £758k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £779k to £923k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Eddystone Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Biblical Counselling UK (£922k), Lonely Orphans (£923k) and The Junction 42 Foundation (£921k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, donations and legacies 19%, investments 18% and trading 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £170k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £635k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.