Mizpah Trust

Analysis

Mizpah Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hook. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, 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 April 2026, Mizpah Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £55k, spending 323% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £186k to £17k (-91%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Mizpah Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Radcliffe Charity Fund (£17k), Rotary Club of Lowestoft East Point Charity Trust Fund (£17k) and Awaken House of Prayer (£17k).

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.