Eliza Martha Bell Rest Fund

Analysis

Eliza Martha Bell Rest Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Eliza Martha Bell Rest Fund reported income of £26k and spending of £30k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £26k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Eliza Martha Bell Rest Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% 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 Crystal Palace Community Church (£26k), The Whitton Rosser Trust (£26k) and Temple of Praise Ministries (£26k).

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.