David Elias Charitable Trust

Analysis

David Elias Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Greenford. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, David Elias Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £36k to £22k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, David Elias Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mrs S H Troughton Charity Trust (£22k), Rotary Club of Swindon North & Thamesdown (£22k) and Going to a Good Home (£22k).

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.