The Ellen Barnes Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ellen Barnes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ellen Barnes Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £35k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £27k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Ellen Barnes Charitable Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Danby Almshouse Charity (£27k), Miss Anne Eleanor Gomm (£27k) and Gramer Cottages (£27k).