The Marlborough Mound Trust

Analysis

The Marlborough Mound Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marlborough. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Marlborough Mound Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £126k, spending 567% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £22k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 927%. Over the whole period it spent 177% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Marlborough Mound Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 The Friends of the Church of Our Lady, Seaton (£22k), The Stanier 8f Locomotive Society Limited (£22k) and Loddon Buildings Preservation Trust (£22k).