The Morel Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Morel Charitable 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 overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Morel Charitable Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £117k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £60k to £60k (-0.6%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Morel Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Telferscot Parent Staff Association (£60k), Victory Church (£60k) and The Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust (£60k).

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.