The Robert Mayhew Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Robert Mayhew Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Robert Mayhew Charitable Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £30k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1,151 to £31k (+2593%), an average of +128% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 521%. Over the whole period it spent 192% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Robert Mayhew Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall Otherwise Known As the Morchard Bishop Memorial Hall (£31k), Goring and District Community Centre Trust (£31k) and Dial Post Village Hall (£31k).