The Mishcon Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Mishcon Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mishcon Family Charitable Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £96k, spending 217% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £71k to £44k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 218% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Mishcon Family Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eccleston Scout Group (£44k), Stour Valley Lions Club (CIO) (£44k) and Hampshire Search and Rescue Dogs (£44k).

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.