The Macfarlane Walker Trust

Analysis

The Macfarlane Walker Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Macfarlane Walker Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £53k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £35k to £49k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Macfarlane Walker Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Devon and North Cornwall Samaritans (£49k), Norfolk Zipper Club (Cardiac Patients Association) (£49k) and Belmont Community Hall (£49k).