The NGM Trust

Analysis

The NGM Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07721640). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The NGM Trust reported income of £267k and spending of £314k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £281k to £267k (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The NGM Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zia Ul Ummah Foundation (£267k), Llandovery Youth and Community Centre (£268k) and Elpold Charities Limited (£267k).

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.