The Margery Maplethorpe Trust

Analysis

The Margery Maplethorpe Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05494606). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Margery Maplethorpe Trust reported income of £154k and spending of £99k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £131k to £154k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Margery Maplethorpe Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kathryn Turner Trust (£154k), Stour Valley Vineyard Church (£154k) and Faith Chapel Ministries of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (£154k).