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Mrs Edith Ellen Harris Will Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 263945BristolReligion
Income£53k2026-04-02
Spending£47ksame year
Spent / received124%5-year average
Size in its cause49th pctReligion
Registered1972Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Mrs Edith Ellen Harris Will Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Mrs Edith Ellen Harris Will Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £47k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £27k to £53k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mrs Edith Ellen Harris Will Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Woolwich Church (£53k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Richards of Three Bridges and Northgate Crawley Es (£53k) and St Andrew's Church Charity (£53k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£34k£50k£67k2022 Income: £27,2752022 Spending: £57,97420222023 Income: £33,2592023 Spending: £40,96020232024 Income: £46,0452024 Spending: £60,13120242025 Income: £60,6722025 Spending: £67,25320252026 Income: £53,3672026 Spending: £47,4562026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To pay the income of the trust to the Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother Church the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston Massachusetts to be used in Great Britain for the promotion and extension of the religion of Christian Science as taught by Mary Baker Eddy in the Christian Science text book Science and Health with key to the Scriptures.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Woolwich ChurchLondon£53k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Richards of Three Bridges and Northgate Crawley EsWest Sussex£53k
St Andrew's Church CharityNorwich£53k
ChrysolisNottingham£53k