The Thackray Medical Research Trust

Analysis

The Thackray Medical Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Thackray Medical Research Trust reported income of £241k and spending of £543k, spending 225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £214k to £241k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 156% 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 Thackray Medical Research Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henley Green Community Trust (£241k), British Society for Dermatological Surgery (£241k) and Forces in Mind Trust (£241k).

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.