Macclesfield Drill Hall Trust

Analysis

Macclesfield Drill Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Macclesfield Drill Hall Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £22k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,045 to £13k (+66%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Macclesfield Drill Hall 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 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North East Somerset Branch Parachute Regimental Association (£13k), Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Trust (£14k) and Drill Hall Charity at Stretford Road, Manchester (£13k).