The Matilda Ellis Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Matilda Ellis Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Matilda Ellis Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £15k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £15k to £13k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Matilda Ellis Charitable Trust sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillfields Animal Sanctuary (£12k), The Voice for the Forgotten Dogs of Sal Cape Verde (£13k) and Chancepixies Animal Welfare (£12k).