The Elizabeth Casson Trust

Analysis

The Elizabeth Casson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Elizabeth Casson Trust reported income of £311k and spending of £428k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £260k to £311k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Elizabeth Casson Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mason Medical Research Trust (£310k), Group Analysis North (£311k) and South East Cancer Help Centre Limited (£310k).

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.