The Magdalene Group

Analysis

The Magdalene Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Magdalene Group reported income of £432k and spending of £408k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £530k to £432k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Magdalene Group sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headway Devon (£432k), Keys of the Kingdom Ministries - Life in the Spirit Fellowship International (£433k) and Cambray Baptist Church, Cheltenham (£431k).