The Donald Mackay Trust

Analysis

The Donald Mackay Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle. It was registered in December 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Donald Mackay Trust reported income of £89k and spending of £87k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £49k to £89k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Donald Mackay Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicester Wheels for All (£89k), Gann Charitable Trust (£89k) and Leslie and Dorothy Blond Award Trust (£89k).