The Edward Mayes Trust

Registered charity 1166318 · since 2016edwardmayestrust.co.uk·Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Trust's own work is providing sheltered homes for people aged 60 and over, and it also reports a policy of making grants to other qualifying charitable institutions, taking account of its financial situation.
A charity whose work relates to older people's housing or support for older people in its area may fit, but no grant range or annual giving figure is given, so there is no typical request size to aim for.
Its annual report, register entry and website publish no application process, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown for getting in touch and ask whether a request is welcome and when to send it.
Its stated eligibility for housing is written for individuals aged 60 and over who can live independently, so a charity working with younger people may not match those terms.
The sources do not say how competitive its grants are or how it times its decisions, so frame any request around the Trust's stated purposes.

Overview

The Edward Mayes Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1166318).

The Edward Mayes Trust aims to provide older people with an independent lifestyle in a caring and supportive environment. Its principal work is providing safe and independent homes for people aged 60 and over in Greater Manchester, including sheltered accommodation for people who find it difficult to live completely independently. The Trust may also use income not reasonably required for its housing purpose for the relief of people in need. Its geographic focus is the North West of England: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and 2 more counties.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Edward Mayes Trust's principal work is providing safe and independent homes for people aged 60 and over in Greater Manchester. Its sheltered accommodation is intended for people finding it difficult to live completely independently, with private homes and a supportive, safe setting. The Trust also reports a policy of making grants to other qualifying charitable institutions, taking account of the charity's financial situation. Its governing objects allow income not reasonably required for its housing purpose to relieve people in need, sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm in its area of benefit; that help may include grants to bodies providing goods, services or facilities to people eligible for assistance.

Themes

Older people's housing

Geographic Focus

North West of England: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and 2 more counties in United Kingdom.

What they don't fund

Applicants need to be aged 60 years and above and be a resident in the area they are applying for
Applicants must be able to look after themselves and to live independently, with the assistance of family and carers if necessary

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

The Trust makes grants to other qualifying charitable institutions.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Trust takes the charity's financial situation into account when making grants.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Edward Mayes Trust.

Edward Holt TrustFixed deadlinesGave £367k The Hewer White TrustNo public processGave £25,344 Greater Manchester Mayor's CharityMixed deadlinesGave £370k The Stoller Charitable TrustRollingGave £1.4M The St. Mary Magdalene & Holy Jesus TrustNo public process Birthday House TrustRollingGave £97,714 The John Thompson TrustNo public process The Charity ServiceMixed deadlinesGave £1.7M Eric Wright Charitable TrustMixed deadlinesGave £2.2M The CRH Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £359k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£362,143	£370,273	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£413,613	£402,228	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£456,141	£476,033	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£470,515	£473,554	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£471,714	£525,168	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.