Elm Non Ecclesiastical Charities

Analysis

Elm Non Ecclesiastical Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisbech. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Elm Non Ecclesiastical Charities reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £15k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Elm Non Ecclesiastical Charities sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hamer Charitable Trust (£15k), Hackness Village Hall (£15k) and The Margaret Rosemary Hargrave Charitable Trust (£15k).