The Emerson College Trust Limited

Analysis

The Emerson College Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Forest Row. It was registered in October 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00908985). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Emerson College Trust Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £593k to £1.9m (+215%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Emerson College Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Global Returns Project Limited (£1.9m), The Greensand Trust (£2.0m) and The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, donations and legacies 29% and trading 4.6%. Charitable activities took 48% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.