Saltmalawi Trust

Analysis

Saltmalawi Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leamington Spa. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06972024). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Saltmalawi Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £45k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £31k (-8.7%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Saltmalawi Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows and Dependants Fund (£31k), Friends of the Convent of the Poor Clares, Ellesmere (£31k) and The Parker and Ashcombe Almshouse Charity (£31k).