The Elias Ashmole Trust

Analysis

The Elias Ashmole Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2000, 26 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 company (Companies House number 04087719). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Elias Ashmole Trust reported income of £181k and spending of £237k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £137k to £181k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Elias Ashmole Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Senghenydd Youth Drop in Centre (£181k), Shabang Inclusive Learning (£181k) and Y Felin DDWR (£181k).