Margaret Davies Charity

Analysis

Margaret Davies Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Powys. It was registered in July 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 April 2025, Margaret Davies Charity reported income of £275k and spending of £298k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £275k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Margaret Davies Charity sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Bedfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau (£275k), Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance Limited (£276k) and The Charlotte Heber-Percy Charitable Trust (£275k).

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.