Menachem General Charitable Trust

Analysis

Menachem General Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Menachem General Charitable Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £82k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £70k to £67k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Menachem General Charitable 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 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope House Haiti (UK) (£67k), Droitwich Spa Foodbank (£67k) and Cause Foundation (£67k).