Margaretting Relief in Need Trust

Analysis

Margaretting Relief in Need Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ingatestone. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Margaretting Relief in Need Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £6,730, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Margaretting Relief in Need Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inga Foundation (£16k), Spon Gate Community Project (£16k) and The Mrs R J Colman Trust (£16k).