The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thirsk. It was registered in October 1985, 41 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 2025, The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £43k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £30k to £38k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 156% 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, The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include L G Harris Trust (£38k), The Friends of Poling Church and Community (£38k) and The Audrey Wilson Charitable Settlement (£38k).

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.