The Ericson Trust

Analysis

The Ericson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, accommodation/housing, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ericson Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £57k, spending 500% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £14k to £11k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 379% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Ericson 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Friends of Uesi Charitable Trust (£11k), Penzance Lions Club (£11k) and Volunteer Action for Peace (£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.