The Elizabeth and Prince Zaiger Trust

Analysis

The Elizabeth and Prince Zaiger Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgwater. It was registered in April 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Elizabeth and Prince Zaiger Trust reported income of £686k and spending of £703k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £584k to £686k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 and Prince Zaiger Trust 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Armourers and Brasiers Gauntlet Trust (£685k), The Naz Project(London) (£686k) and Meridian Wellbeing (£685k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £632k. Reserves of £382k would cover about 6 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.