The DMF Ellis Charitable Trust

Analysis

The DMF Ellis Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The DMF Ellis Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £331k, spending 1549% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £49k to £21k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 673% 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 DMF Ellis Charitable Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flutter - Bringing a Little Brightness to Kidney Cancer Patients (£21k), Trinity of Love (£21k) and The Restoration of Many (Trom) (£21k).

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.