Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Limited

Analysis

Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08339899). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gurkha Museum Trust (£1.2m), Wikimedia UK (£1.2m) and Collage Arts (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77% and investments 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,500. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £219k. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 33 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.