The Emerson Trust

Analysis

The Emerson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Emerson Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £14k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2,922 to £17k (+475%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 576%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Emerson Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middlemore Educational Foundation (£17k), Changing Lives Centre (£17k) and University of Kwazulu-Natal UK Trust (£17k).