The Mason Bibby 1981 Trust

Analysis

The Mason Bibby 1981 Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 1982, 44 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mason Bibby 1981 Trust reported income of £116k and spending of £95k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £78k to £116k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Mason Bibby 1981 Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Danbro Foundation (£116k), The Coldstream Guards Association (£116k) and The Jeannine Vassiliou Charitable Trust (£115k).