The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust

Analysis

The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08600905). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust reported income of £858k and spending of £818k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £512k to £858k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seed Education Trust (£855k), Woodbridge Community Playgroups (£858k) and Association for Citizenship Teaching (£853k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 55% and donations and legacies 45%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £243k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.