The M S and L S Davies Charitable Trust

Analysis

The M S and L S Davies Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in June 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The M S and L S Davies Charitable Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £3,115, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £726 to £56k (+7631%), an average of +196% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 4059%. Over the whole period it spent 22% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The M S and L S Davies Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colnbrook Village Hall Trust (£56k), The Lady Forte Foundation (£56k) and Provision Trade Benevolent Institution (£56k).