The E Alec Colman Charitable Fund Limited

Analysis

The E Alec Colman Charitable Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00755906). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The E Alec Colman Charitable Fund Limited reported income of £43k and spending of £49k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £43k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The E Alec Colman Charitable Fund Limited sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Community Church Swanley (£43k), Shree Kshatriya Association of UK (£43k) and The United Charity of William Avery and Others (£43k).