Eleanor Palmer Trust

Analysis

Eleanor Palmer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eleanor Palmer Trust reported income of £3.8m and spending of £3.1m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.8m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Eleanor Palmer Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses (£3.7m), The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund (£3.8m) and Teen Challenge UK (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and investments 9.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £14.3m would cover about 55 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.