Elidyr Communities Trust

Analysis

Elidyr Communities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carmarthenshire. It was registered in January 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01215997). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Elidyr Communities Trust reported income of £8.3m and spending of £7.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £6.3m to £8.3m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Elidyr Communities Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caritas Care Limited (£8.3m), Autism.west Midlands (£8.4m) and Revitalise Respite Holidays (£8.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and trading 3.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 190 people.