Elgar Works Limited

Analysis

Elgar Works Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rickmansworth. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06040208). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Elgar Works Limited reported income of £17k and spending of £18k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £26k to £17k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Works Limited sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cantata Dramatica (£17k), The Richard Thomas Foundation (£17k) and The Guide Association Bexhill Division (£17k).

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.