The M and L Charitable Trust

Analysis

The M and L Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1967, 59 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 December 2025, The M and L Charitable Trust reported income of £771k and spending of £224k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £751k to £771k (+2.6%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 274%. Over the whole period it spent 18% 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, The M and L Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coller Family Foundation (£770k), Swimathon Foundation (£771k) and The Mowgli Trust (£766k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72% and investments 28%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £218k. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 284 months of spending at that rate.