The Mara Rianda Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Mara Rianda Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05035681). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mara Rianda Charitable Trust reported income of £103k and spending of £128k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £245k to £103k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mara Rianda Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Support (£103k), Jubilee Church Liverpool (£103k) and Daas Kedoishim Foundation (£103k).