The Elspeth J Thompson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Elspeth J Thompson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Elspeth J Thompson Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £17k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £18k to £23k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Elspeth J Thompson Charitable Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% 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 Winsham Jubilee Hall (£23k), Hartland Village Hall (£23k) and Schottlander Research Charitable Trust (£23k).