THE ELMGRANT TRUST

Registered charity 313398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity considers grants to individuals living in the Southwest of England and organisations with projects in the Southwest of England for general charitable purposes but in particular the encouragement of local life through education, the arts and social sciences.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£178k

Latest spending

£132k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £2,866,473, with unrestricted funds of £47,145. The trustees report that these free reserves are broadly in line with their stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of the resources expended, which equates to £25,000 to £50,000 (held: £47k)

“the trustees believe that the Trust's free reserves should be between three and six months of the resources expended, which equates to £25,000 to £50,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant received from related party

“During the year a grant of £100,000 was received from The Howe Green Trust. MR W Sharman is a trustee in both The Elmgrant Trust and The Howe Green Trust.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MARIAN BEATRICE ASHchair
MARK RICHARD WILLIAM SHARMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL BINDER ELMHIRST BA · trustee of 2 other charities
SOPHIE ANN YOUNG

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£178k	£132k
31/03/2024	£74k	£108k
31/03/2023	£69k	£98k
31/03/2022	£74k	£124k
31/03/2021	£67k	£116k

Common questions

Is THE ELMGRANT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £2,866,473, with unrestricted funds of £47,145. The trustees report that these free reserves are broadly in line with their stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ELMGRANT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ELMGRANT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE HOWE GREEN TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

MARK RICHARD WILLIAM SHARMAN — trustee here and at THE HOWE GREEN TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOWE GREEN TRUST	FY2025	£100k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE RT HON ELSE COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP DECEASED CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£540k
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION.

THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION income £433k
THE RT HON ELSE COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP DECEASED CHARITABLE TRUST income £147k
FINEGRANT LIMITED income £133k
THE INGRAM TRUST income £221k
OUTHWAITE CHARITABLE TRUST income £138k
THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ELMGRANT TRUST	£178k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION FY2025	£433k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE RT HON ELSE COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP DECEASED CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FINEGRANT LIMITED FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INGRAM TRUST FY2025	£221k	—	below	—	no doubt
OUTHWAITE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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