The Ian and Clare Mattioli Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ian and Clare Mattioli Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ian and Clare Mattioli Charitable Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £260k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £276k to £1.7m (+507%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 1201%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ian and Clare Mattioli Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice East Lancashire (£1.7m), Encompass (£1.7m) and The Marsh Christian Trust (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £173k. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 126 months of spending at that rate.