The Murray Wells Homfray Trust

Analysis

The Murray Wells Homfray Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Murray Wells Homfray Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,000 to £16k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Murray Wells Homfray Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% 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 Foundation to Overcome Rare Genetic Errors (£16k), 5 H Centre (£16k) and The Friends of Richmond Friary Community Hospital (£16k).