The Mather Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Mather Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mather Family Charitable Trust reported income of £607k and spending of £1.8m, spending 294% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £607k (-85%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 50% 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 Mather Family Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary Action South West Surrey (£601k), The Aimwell Charitable Trust (£608k) and Hull 4 Heroes (£599k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73% and investments 27%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.6m. Reserves of £6.5m would cover about 42 months of spending at that rate.