Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust

Analysis

Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £34k, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £84 to £1.1m (+1277435%), an average of +963% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 2457333%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Limited (£1.1m), The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (£1.1m) and Theatre Peckham (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 5.4%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 566 months of spending at that rate.