Elem Charitable Trust

Analysis

Elem Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2002, 24 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Elem Charitable Trust reported income of £88k and spending of £71k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £43k to £88k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Elem Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homeless in Teignbridge Support (£88k), Beechley Stables Rda (£88k) and Act 4 Africa (£88k).