Maxted Trust

Analysis

Maxted Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Maxted Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £22k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Maxted Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Madad UK (Muk) (£22k), Charity of Thomas Cowley Exclusive of the Cowley Educational Foundation (£22k) and Living Hope Christian Fellowship (LHCF) (£22k).