Elgar Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

Elgar Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Elgar Family Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £341k, spending 617% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £52k to £55k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 227% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Elgar Family Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pipe Up for Pipe Organs (£55k), Dorset Archives Trust (£55k) and Hay Music Trust (£55k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.