The E H Smith Charitable Trust

Analysis

The E H Smith Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in August 1989, 37 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 April 2025, The E H Smith Charitable Trust reported income of £226k and spending of £586k, spending 260% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £226k (+1307%), an average of +94% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 5097%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 E H Smith Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sarwan Singh Bahra Trust (£226k), Music As Therapy International (£226k) and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund (£225k).