The Emmaus (Wessex) Trust

Analysis

The Emmaus (Wessex) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shepton Mallet. It was registered in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Emmaus (Wessex) Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £16k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,721 to £12k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 169% 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 Emmaus (Wessex) Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cancer Laryngectomee Trust (£12k), Lauren Hoare and Rosie Howis Teenager and Young Persons Cancer Fund (Larf Cornwall) (£12k) and Citizen Development Community Centre (£12k).