Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust

Analysis

Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Corby. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £2.1m, spending 4863% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £97k to £43k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 1103% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garston One Stop Shop Consortium (£43k), Neighbourcare New Milton (£43k) and Havering Shopmobility Association (£43k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.