The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust

Registered charity 292835 Registered since 1985

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda

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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.

6 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

3
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£38k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.theedithmellischaritabletrust.org
Emailj.baily@theedithmellischaritabletrust.org
Phone07974 142484
AddressProspect House, 6 Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS

Finances

£37,813 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£30,025£27,320
2022£27,657£70,238
2023£32,569£54,551
2024£33,549£57,618
2025£37,813£42,565

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME AT SUCH TIME OR TIME MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES (WHEATHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELESWHERE) BEING CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1985

Trustees (6)

6trustees
65median age
1aged 70+

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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