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Eilidh Macleod Memorial Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1180467CheshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£73k2025-04-05
Spending£115ksame year
Spent / received71%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Eilidh Macleod Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Eilidh Macleod Memorial Trust reported income of £73k and spending of £115k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £90k to £73k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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, Eilidh Macleod Memorial Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devizes Arts Festival (£73k), The Oral History Society (£73k) and The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne (£73k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£29k£58k£86k£115k2021 Income: £89,6662021 Spending: £12,82320212022 Income: £69,3502022 Spending: £25,73820222023 Income: £109,6242023 Spending: £100,09120232024 Income: £92,4192024 Spending: £55,76020242025 Income: £72,9792025 Spending: £115,1252025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity aims to build confidence and team spirit in individuals and communities through access to creative arts activities particularly music. Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust is a charity dedicated to the advancement of music education of children and young people, primarily but not exclusively in rural Scotland.

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Devizes Arts FestivalDevizes£73k
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The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon TyneNewcastle Upon Tyne£73k
Sleaford Little TheatreLincolnshire£73k