The Marks Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Marks Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Marks Family Charitable Trust reported income of £196k and spending of £338k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £98k to £196k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 182% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Marks Family Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rosie May Foundation (£196k), Bedfordshire Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support (£196k) and Dementia Together Wirral (£196k).

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.