The Medlar Trust

Analysis

The Medlar Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 2025, The Medlar Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-9.2%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Medlar Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Pwllheli Hospitals (£12k), Ask for Jake (£12k) and Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust (£12k).