M and R Gross Charities Limited

Analysis

M and R Gross Charities Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00897558). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, M and R Gross Charities Limited reported income of £4.1m and spending of £5.5m, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £4.1m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, M and R Gross Charities Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Goldsmiths' Foundation (£4.1m), Hull Trinity House Charity (£4.2m) and The Royal Countryside Fund (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 14% and donations and legacies 6.7%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 33%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.6m. Reserves of £39.2m would cover about 86 months of spending at that rate.

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.