EMILY ASH TRUST

Registered charity 1106615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Improve the lives of children who are suffering from leukaemia & other child related cancers.Improve the lives of members of the family unit or guardians who are supporting such children & who are in need by;E.g. Make over days for teenagers at Topshop. Sibling days. Younger children can experience a Build a bear day with lunch.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF CHILDREN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM LEUKAEMIA AND OTHER CHILDHOOD CANCERS.(2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OR GUARDIANS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WHO ARE SUPPORTING SUCH CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£136k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £184,403 to £176,398 due to unforeseen impacts on fundraising ability and reduced income. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future despite these pressures. The charity's policy is to hold sufficient reserves for up to three years of activity in the event of no future donations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years (reserves figure: £176k)
“It is the Trust’s policy to hold sufficient reserves to enable the continued funding of charitable activities in the short term (up to three years) in the event of no future donations being received.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 11

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Emily Ash Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£136k£144k
31/03/2024£108k£113k
31/03/2023£162k£180k
31/03/2022£86k£75k
31/03/2021£78k£62k

Common questions

Is EMILY ASH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £184,403 to £176,398 due to unforeseen impacts on fundraising ability and reduced income. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future despite these pressures. The charity's policy is to hold sufficient reserves for up to three years of activity in the event of no future donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2026£16kEmily Ash Trust Family Support Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHESHIRE EVANGELICAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EMILY ASH TRUST£136k—0unclear—no doubt
CHESHIRE EVANGELICAL TRUST FY2024£125k—0above—no doubt
ASHLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£517k—0unclear—noted
AISHAH HELP FY2025£86k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELIAS ASHMOLE TRUST FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EAST TO WEST TRUST FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.