Elmer's Charity

Analysis

Elmer's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Elmer's Charity reported income of £27k and spending of £14k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £27k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Elmer's Charity sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% 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 The Hon a G Samuel Charitable Trust (£27k), Malmesbury and District Link (£27k) and The International Society for Affective Disorders (£27k).