Richard Mackay Charitable Trust

Analysis

Richard Mackay Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in December 2016, 10 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Richard Mackay Charitable Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £500k, spending 1226% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £41k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 1526% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Richard Mackay Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dominion City Lincoln (£41k), The London Pearly Kings and Queens Society Charity Fund (£41k) and Caribbean and African Community Health Support Forum (£41k).

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.