The Elm House Trust

Analysis

The Elm House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05397969). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Elm House Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £69k, spending 297% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £23k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 206% 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 Elm House Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 Bury Residents Charity (£23k), Melling Village Institute (£23k) and The Martin-Jenkins Foundation (£23k).

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.