The Magdalen Environmental Trust

Analysis

The Magdalen Environmental Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chard. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02502427). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Magdalen Environmental Trust reported income of £754k and spending of £725k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £500k to £754k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Magdalen Environmental Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Performing Arts Children's Charity (£754k), The McCarthy & Stone Charitable Foundation (£754k) and Michael Roberts Charitable Trust (£754k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 12% and trading 9.3%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2,500. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 29 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.