The Madrinha Trust

Analysis

The Madrinha Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woburn. It was registered in March 2011, 15 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Madrinha Trust reported income of £382k and spending of £480k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £297k to £382k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Madrinha Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colel Polen Kupath Ramban Limited (£382k), Masjid-e-Sajedeen, Maddresah Islamiyah & Islamiyah School (£382k) and Goodnews Evangelical Mission (£382k).

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.