The Estelle Trust

Analysis

The Estelle Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Estelle Trust reported income of £93k and spending of £87k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £78k to £93k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Estelle Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Augustine Courtauld Trust (£92k), The Sir Hugh and Lady Sykes Charitable Trust (£93k) and Valley Veterans (£92k).