The Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Stella and Alexander Margulies 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, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, 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 April 2025, The Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust reported income of £131k and spending of £277k, spending 211% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £107k to £131k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 447% 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 Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orphans Shelter Foundation (£131k), The Ancaster Trust (£131k) and Oasis Community Hub: Warndon (£131k).

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.