The Paulson-Ellis Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Paulson-Ellis Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2026, The Paulson-Ellis Charitable Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £24k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £18k to £25k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Paulson-Ellis Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abbey Chapel (£25k), Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust (£25k) and Shattered Lives (£25k).