The Earl of Malmesbury's Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Earl of Malmesbury's Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Earl of Malmesbury's Charitable Settlement reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,196 to £10k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Earl of Malmesbury's Charitable Settlement sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenacres Education Trust (£10k), Elevated Hope (£10k) and The Lugwardine Charity (£10k).

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.