The Mary Jane Entwistle Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Mary Jane Entwistle Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Mary Jane Entwistle Charitable Foundation reported income of £59k and spending of £81k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £45k to £59k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mary Jane Entwistle Charitable Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of Salisbury Hospital (£59k), Islah Trust (£59k) and Act International Foundation (£59k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.