Charity of Mary Jane, Countess of Meath (Discretionary Trust)

Analysis

Charity of Mary Jane, Countess of Meath (Discretionary Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charity of Mary Jane, Countess of Meath (Discretionary Trust) reported income of £17k and spending of £22k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £17k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Charity of Mary Jane, Countess of Meath (Discretionary Trust) sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The WB Rhodes-Moorhouse VC Charitable Trust (£17k), Ashrafia Centre and Ghausia Trust (£17k) and Faith Alive Chapel International (£17k).

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.