Michael Watson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Michael Watson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Michael Watson Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £22k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £92k to £12k (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 277%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Michael Watson Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cransley Village Memorial Hall (£12k), Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust (£12k) and Paradise 4 Kids (£12k).