Evelyn May Trust

Analysis

Evelyn May Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Evelyn May Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £153k, spending 558% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £27k (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 242% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Evelyn May Trust 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 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Steps Family Hubs (£27k), Sussex Search and Rescue (Sussar) (£27k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Jubilee Hall (£27k).

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.