The Sir Edmund Davis Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Sir Edmund Davis Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sir Edmund Davis Memorial Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £43k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £26k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Sir Edmund Davis Memorial Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Holdway Almshouses Charity (£26k), Uttoxeter Almshouse and Poors Charity (£26k) and Skinnergate Almshouses (£26k).