The Robert and Margaret Moss Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Robert and Margaret Moss Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending April 2026, The Robert and Margaret Moss Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £52k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £30k to £39k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Robert and Margaret Moss Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George Coller Memorial Fund (£39k), Leprosy Outreach (£39k) and Porthtowan Surf Life Saving Club (£39k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Trust's objects are: (a) to foster and promote medical and scientific research into the vast problems of human nutrition, (b) to foster and promote medical research generally, (c) the relief of poverty and (d) the advancement of education.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The George Coller Memorial Fund | Birmingham | £39k |
| Leprosy Outreach | West Sussex | £39k |
| Porthtowan Surf Life Saving Club | Cornwall | £39k |
| Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Benevolent Fund | Exeter | £39k |