The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust reported income of £5.8m and spending of £6.5m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £6.9m to £5.8m (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 31248%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Garden Scheme (£5.8m), The 29th May 1961 Charity (£6.0m) and The Anglo-American Charity Limited (£5.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 98% and donations and legacies 2.0%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.0m. Reserves of £146.9m would cover about 271 months of spending at that rate.