Marah Trust

Analysis

Marah Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05731514). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Marah Trust reported income of £86k and spending of £77k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £77k to £86k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Marah Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tisarana Vihara Association (£86k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter de Merton with St Cuthbert (£86k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God New Beginning Chapel Poole Ltd (£86k).