The MK Charitable Trust

Analysis

The MK Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in February 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The MK Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £187k, spending 1294% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £49k to £14k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 941% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The MK Charitable Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iqra Aid Trust (£14k), Sustainability Partners (£14k) and Ancient Charities of Hertford (£14k).