Save the Mothers Trust (SMT)

Analysis

Save the Mothers Trust (SMT) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2004, 22 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Save the Mothers Trust (SMT) reported income of £632k and spending of £589k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £740k to £632k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Save the Mothers Trust (SMT) sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rise Support (£632k), Northern Fells Rural Community Development Group (£632k) and Dreams and Wishes (£632k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £287k. Reserves of £20k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.