The Three Ells Trust

Analysis

The Three Ells Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portland. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Three Ells Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £232k, spending 482% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £36k to £48k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 273% 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 Three Ells Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tigerlily Trust (£48k), Rotary Club of Newton Abbot Trust Fund (£48k) and Albany Trust (£48k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.