The Maingot Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Maingot Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Richmond. It was registered in February 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Maingot Charitable Trust reported income of £97k and spending of £140k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £101k to £97k (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Maingot Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Braithwaite Gospel Trust (£97k), Christ Fellowship Mission (£97k) and Utange Orphans Charity (£97k).