The Ellesmere Centre Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ellesmere Centre Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newmarket. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ellesmere Centre Charitable Trust reported income of £103k and spending of £124k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £89k to £103k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Ellesmere Centre Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One (£103k), Haddenham Baptist Church (£103k) and Newleaf Foundation (£103k).

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.