Margaret Phyllis Mewhort (Nee Bainbridge) Trust

Analysis

Margaret Phyllis Mewhort (Nee Bainbridge) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Margaret Phyllis Mewhort (Nee Bainbridge) Trust reported income of £72k and spending of £52k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £218k to £72k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 17150%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Margaret Phyllis Mewhort (Nee Bainbridge) Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neighbourhood Action in Farnley New Farnley and Moor Top (£72k), Rehmat Foundation Charity Project (£72k) and Atopic Dermatitis Relief (Trading As Kumi Uri) Ltd (£72k).