The Hon M L Astor's Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hon M L Astor's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1964, 62 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Hon M L Astor's Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £70k, spending 668% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £14k to £10k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 380% 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 Hon M L Astor's Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saint Michaels Community Hall (£10k), Longlevens Village Hall (£10k) and Village Hall (£10k).