Mari Girgis Trust

Analysis

Mari Girgis Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mari Girgis Trust reported income of £158k and spending of £131k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £111k to £158k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mari Girgis Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Daisie Rich Trust (£157k), Frea (£158k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God "City of His Grace" (£157k).