Mhango Trust

Analysis

Mhango Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shaftesbury. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mhango Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £97k, spending 255% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £22k to £38k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 606%. Over the whole period it spent 194% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Mhango 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 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fflag (£38k), E Slater Charitable Settlement (£38k) and Mary Alice Harris Charitable Trust (£38k).