The Edith Ashby Support Fund

Analysis

The Edith Ashby Support Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00307257). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Edith Ashby Support Fund reported income of £175k and spending of £159k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £149k to £175k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Edith Ashby Support Fund sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Building Circles (£175k), England Amputee Football Association (£175k) and Square Peg Activities Limited (£175k).