The Makhad Trust

Analysis

The Makhad Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04583140). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Makhad Trust reported income of £73k and spending of £71k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £80k to £73k (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Makhad Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Children's Foundation (£72k), Shree Navyug Jain Pragati Mandal (£73k) and Watsan Uganda : UK Support (£72k).