Maisha Trust

Analysis

Maisha Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Maisha Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £28k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £27k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Maisha Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citadel Ministries (£27k), The Kafletha Anjuman-E Islamic Trust (UK) (£27k) and The Wath Samwaies Trust (£27k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.