The Marjorie Purser Trust

Analysis

The Marjorie Purser Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Marjorie Purser Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £56k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £12k to £48k (+294%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 137% 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, The Marjorie Purser Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall Hopton-On-Sea (£48k), St Budeaux Community Association (£48k) and Clarke-Foley Addingham Trust (£48k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.