Registered charity · Chesterfield
The ELM Foundation LTD
- 15 trustees
- Income £2.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Victoria Louise SweetmoreChair · since 2026
- Eleanor Laidlaw BrownTrustee · since 2023
- Emily May BrailsfordTrustee · since 2026
- Gemma ClarkeTrustee · since 2024
- Gerard CahillTrustee · since 2018
- Helen MitchellTrustee · since 2025
- Jeremiah Theodore GarveyTrustee · since 2026
- Lauren GanderTrustee · since 2025
- Leanne BriceTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa HaythorneTrustee · since 2018
- Margaret EassonTrustee · since 2023
- Maria DengateTrustee · since 2025
- Selina MatthewsTrustee · since 2023
- Teresa WaldronTrustee · since 2018
- Thomas James CartyTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Derbyshire
- Website
- www.theelmfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The ELM Foundation LTD
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.1m£2.1m
- 2024£1.9m£2.0m
- 2023£1.8m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.6m£1.6m
- 2021£1.6m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 71%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ASSIST WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM VIOLENCE OR MALTREATMENT IN THEIR HOMES, AND ON OCCASIONS TO ASSIST MEN WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN A SIMILAR WAY
Grants received
22 grants · £1,697,572 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,274,920 (12 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £226,021 (3 grants)
- CAF · £70,643
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £59,988
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £27,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
15 trustees on the board
- Victoria Louise Sweetmore Chair since 2026
- Eleanor Laidlaw Brown since 2023
- Emily May Brailsford since 2026
- Gemma Clarke since 2024
- Gerard Cahill since 2018
- Helen Mitchell since 2025
- Jeremiah Theodore Garvey since 2026
- Lauren Gander since 2025
- Leanne Brice since 2025
- Lisa Haythorne since 2018
- Margaret Easson since 2023
- Maria Dengate since 2025
- Selina Matthews since 2023
- Teresa Waldron since 2018
- Thomas James Carty since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Gerard Cahill since 2018
- Lisa Haythorne since 2018
- Teresa Waldron since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Victoria Louise Sweetmore Chair since 2026
- Eleanor Laidlaw Brown since 2023
- Gemma Clarke since 2024
- Gerard Cahill since 2018
- Helen Mitchell since 2025
- Jeremiah Theodore Garvey since 2026
- Lauren Gander since 2025
- Leanne Brice since 2025
- Lisa Haythorne since 2018
- Margaret Easson since 2023
- Selina Matthews since 2023
- Teresa Waldron since 2018
- Thomas James Carty since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Emily May Brailsford since 2026
- Maria Dengate since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1007317
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/04/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/06/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/08/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/09/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/12/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28 SEP 2017 as amended on 09 Apr 2019 as amended on 12 Apr 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 02372121 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01246560721 · info@theelmfoundation.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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