The Maud Elkington Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Maud Elkington Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Maud Elkington Charitable Trust reported income of £800k and spending of £873k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £495k to £800k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Maud Elkington Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the London Oratory School (£789k), Bath and North East Somerset Carers Centre (£806k) and Parent-Infant Foundation Ltd (£777k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £672k.