The May Hardy Mbe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The May Hardy Mbe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in September 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 July 2025, The May Hardy Mbe Charitable Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £52k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £29k to £48k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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 May Hardy Mbe Charitable 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 The Stefan and May Frances Kwasniewski Charitable Trust (£48k), The Cleary Foundation (£49k) and The Spencer Wills Trust (£48k).