J and M C Trust

Analysis

J and M C Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in April 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, J and M C Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £12k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £14k to £18k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, J and M C Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fuel Allotments Charity (Horsham and Newton St Faiths) (£18k), Faith Ministries Rwanda (UK) (£18k) and Cultura Cabo Verde UK (£18k).