The Mowgli Trust

Analysis

The Mowgli Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mowgli Trust reported income of £766k and spending of £778k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £94k to £766k (+712%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 352%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Mowgli Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancaster District Community & Voluntary Solutions (£766k), Coller Family Foundation (£770k) and Search: Services for Older People CIO (£762k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 11%.