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E C Graham's Charitable Settlement

RegisteredRegistered charity number 274450CarlisleGrant-making and general purposes
Income£188k2026-04-05
Spending£182ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause86th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1977Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

E C Graham's Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in December 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, E C Graham's Charitable Settlement reported income of £188k and spending of £182k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £140k to £188k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, E C Graham's Charitable Settlement sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Development Action Hertfordshire (£187k), The Lower Green Foundation (£188k) and Vendquot Limited (£187k).

Income and spending

£0£47k£94k£141k£188k2022 Income: £140,3752022 Spending: £164,61820222023 Income: £167,9882023 Spending: £150,38720232024 Income: £152,5352024 Spending: £178,94020242025 Income: £178,1172025 Spending: £186,82920252026 Income: £187,6802026 Spending: £182,0052026
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Making donations to smaller charities and charitable projects principally in and around Carlisle.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Community Development Action HertfordshireHertford£187k
The Lower Green FoundationChorley£188k
Vendquot LimitedEdgware£187k
Jac TrustSomerset£188k