Emile Littler Foundation

Analysis

Emile Littler Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Emile Littler Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £18k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £15k to £11k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Emile Littler Foundation sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wofc Ministries (£11k), The Friends of St Endellion Church (£11k) and Glantwymyn Community Centre (£11k).

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.