Elaine Bain Family Trust

Analysis

Elaine Bain Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Elaine Bain Family Trust reported income of £264k and spending of £259k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,000 to £264k (+3677%), an average of +148% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 2269%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Elaine Bain Family Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adml Church (£264k), Newham Deanery CIO (£264k) and The Aa Trust (£264k).