The Margarethe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Margarethe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in New Malden. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Margarethe Charitable Trust reported income of £290k and spending of £20k, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £8,059 to £290k (+3503%), an average of +145% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 1502%. Over the whole period it spent 262% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Margarethe Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sue Thomson Foundation (£290k), The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World (£290k) and Kids Alive International (£290k).