The Magpie Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Magpie Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 1994, 32 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 Magpie Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £11k to £14k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 Magpie Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Tank Regiment Association (£14k), Efail Isaf Village Hall (£14k) and The Stafford Borough Council Mayor's Charity Appeal (£14k).