The Mayor's Charity Appeal Trust (Basildon)

Analysis

The Mayor's Charity Appeal Trust (Basildon) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basildon. It was registered in July 2019, 7 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mayor's Charity Appeal Trust (Basildon) reported income of £10k and spending of £12k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £44k to £10k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Mayor's Charity Appeal Trust (Basildon) sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margaret Garratt Memorial Trust (£10k), Rotary Club of Radlett Trust Fund (£10k) and Condon Family Trust (£10k).