The M D and S Charitable Trust

Analysis

The M D and S Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty 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 2025, The M D and S Charitable Trust reported income of £519k and spending of £588k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £544k to £519k (-4.5%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 M D and S Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sherwood Forest Hospitals General Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities (£519k), Commonside Community Development Trust (£520k) and George Fentham Hampton in Arden Charity (£519k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 64% and donations and legacies 36%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £410k. Reserves of £24k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

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.