Karen Morris Memorial Trust

Analysis

Karen Morris Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07516569). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Karen Morris Memorial Trust reported income of £169k and spending of £213k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £76k to £169k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Karen Morris Memorial Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christians in Action (£169k), The Dashlight Foundation (£169k) and Canterbury Cantata Trust (£169k).