The Robin Macleod Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Robin Macleod Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2020, 6 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 January 2026, The Robin Macleod Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £50k, spending 392% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £1.1m to £13k (-99%), an average of -67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 3705%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Robin Macleod Charitable Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Legh Charitable Trust (£13k), Second University House Trust (£13k) and Mri Software Foundation UK (£13k).