The Eric Kay Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Eric Kay Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sale. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Eric Kay Charitable Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £46k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £24k to £28k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 188% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Eric Kay Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Society for Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology (£28k), Sardar Foundation (£28k) and East London Community Law Service (£28k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.