The Elizabeth Bennett Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Elizabeth Bennett Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 April 2025, The Elizabeth Bennett Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £7,520, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £14k to £11k (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Elizabeth Bennett Charitable Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llangorse Common Community Toilets (£11k), British College of Veterinary Specialists (£11k) and Happisburgh Coast Watch (£11k).