The Elephant Trust

Analysis

The Elephant Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Elephant Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £131k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £86k to £78k (-9.2%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Elephant Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ware Musical Theatre (£78k), Design History Society (£78k) and Parrabbola (£78k).

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.