The Global Fund for Forgotten People, Order of Malta

Analysis

The Global Fund for Forgotten People, Order of Malta is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thame. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08107614). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Global Fund for Forgotten People, Order of Malta reported income of £15k and spending of £1.1m, spending 7232% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £15k (-99%), an average of -72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Global Fund for Forgotten People, Order of Malta sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The John Rayner Charitable Trust (£15k), Ken and Sylvia Hymas Charitable Trust (£15k) and Colchester Medical Charitable Trust (£15k).

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.