Myr Charitable Trust

Analysis

Myr Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Myr Charitable Trust reported income of £134k and spending of £145k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £109k to £134k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Myr Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burnage Family Church (£134k), The Sutasoma Trust (£134k) and Minority Matters Ltd (£134k).