The Emery Walker Trust

Analysis

The Emery Walker Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 09098614). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Emery Walker Trust reported income of £85k and spending of £60k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £102k to £85k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, The Emery Walker Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Busy Buttons Core (£85k), Gladrags Community Costume Trust (£85k) and Baseless Fabric Theatre (£85k).