Lady McCorquodale's Charity Trust

Analysis

Lady McCorquodale's Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lady McCorquodale's Charity Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,667 to £17k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lady McCorquodale's Charity Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% 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 Child & Teenage Cancer & Leukaemia Foundation (CTCLF) (£17k), Support 4 Sunflowers (£17k) and Settle Christian Fellowship (£17k).