Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1984, 42 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 2026, Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £43k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £16k to £37k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peggy and Mollie Thomas Charitable Trust (£37k), The Chobham Village Hall (£37k) and Collingbourne Ducis Village Hall (£37k).

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.