St Mary's Educational and Charitable Trust
Analysis
St Mary's Educational and Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending March 2026, St Mary's Educational and Charitable Trust reported income of £114k and spending of £117k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £68k to £114k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Mary's Educational and Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridgnorth Community Trust (£114k), New Life Church Cambridge (£114k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Testimony Parish Birmingham City (£114k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Raising of funds to support the ongoing costs of the boarding accomodation for children attending the school, the existing school to meet the educational costs of the children attending. Supporting the building of a secondary school/college for the further education of the pupils and villagers, and supporting of land purchased for providing food in the form of rice grown on the land.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgnorth Community Trust | Bridgnorth | £114k |
| New Life Church Cambridge | Cambridge | £114k |
| Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Testimony Parish Birmingham City | Dudley | £114k |
| Life Church, Brackley | Oxfordshire | £114k |