The Margaret de Sousa-Deiro Fund

Analysis

The Margaret de Sousa-Deiro Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Margaret de Sousa-Deiro Fund reported income of £64k and spending of £91k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £84k to £64k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 Margaret de Sousa-Deiro Fund sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pentaid (£64k), South Sheffield Community Initiatives Ltd (£64k) and The Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme (£64k).

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.