The Macdougall Trust
Analysis
The Macdougall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blandford St Mary. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Macdougall Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £37k to £19k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Macdougall Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Peshmerga Humanitarian Foundation (£19k), Emmanuel Holiness Church Pensby (£19k) and Elizabeth Lady Cowdray's Charity Trust (£19k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The trust provides grants not normally exceeding ?300 to persons resident in Bournemouth and the County of Dorset who in the opinion of the trustees are in reduced and necessitous circumstances and the need is not provided for through state funding.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| International Peshmerga Humanitarian Foundation | London | £19k |
| Emmanuel Holiness Church Pensby | Wirral | £19k |
| Elizabeth Lady Cowdray's Charity Trust | London | £19k |
| Charity of Francis Berkham (Otherwise Beckham) | Norfolk | £19k |