The Ellen Mavis Chalk Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ellen Mavis Chalk Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Ellen Mavis Chalk Charitable Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £74k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £22k to £57k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 152% 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 Ellen Mavis Chalk Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cooke Charitable Trust (£57k), The Cromarty Trust (£57k) and The Garennie Charitable Trust (£56k).