The Mary Heap Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Mary Heap Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Mary Heap Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £13k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £20k to £21k (+8.1%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mary Heap Charitable Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life in Christ Ministries International (£21k), The Community Club (£22k) and Col Wilfred Horatio Micholls Deceased Charitable Trust Fund (£21k).