George Elias Charitable Trust

Analysis

George Elias Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, George Elias Charitable Trust reported income of £729k and spending of £1.0m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £60k to £729k (+1113%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 2172%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, George Elias Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridgend Carers Centre (£729k), Rsa Trust (£729k) and Gacd Action (£729k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £739k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.

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.