MGS Charitable Trust

Analysis

MGS Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, MGS Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.2m (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, MGS Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 St Cecilia's Abbey Ryde Isle of Wight (£1.2m), The Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral (£1.2m) and Madni Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m.