Maria Cristina Foundation

Analysis

Maria Cristina Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Austell. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Maria Cristina Foundation reported income of £48k and spending of £111k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £40k to £48k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 164% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Maria Cristina Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gospel in Action Trust (£48k), C P D Trust Fund (£48k) and The Landisdale Almshouse and Unknown Donor Charity (£48k).