The George Ernest Ellis Foundation

Analysis

The George Ernest Ellis Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The George Ernest Ellis Foundation reported income of £29k and spending of £30k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £21k to £29k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The George Ernest Ellis Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beds Prostate Cancer Support Group (£29k), Himley Memorial Charitable Trust (£29k) and The Tatton Estate Foundation (£29k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.