The Ethel Trust

Analysis

The Ethel Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in June 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ethel Trust reported income of £114k and spending of £72k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £654k to £114k (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Ethel Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Kites Pre-School Playgroup (£114k), Peter Pan Pre-School Pirbright (£114k) and The Lashes Foundation (£114k).