Elizabeth Rathbone Charity

Analysis

Elizabeth Rathbone Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Prescot. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Elizabeth Rathbone Charity reported income of £79k and spending of £114k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £82k to £79k (-3.5%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Elizabeth Rathbone Charity sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include D S Cohen Charitable Trust (£79k), The Charity of Stella Symons (£79k) and The Wiggin Charitable Foundation (£79k).

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.