The Madeley Trust

Analysis

The Madeley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in April 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Madeley Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £53k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £23k to £96k (+323%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, The Madeley Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liverpool Corporation City Justices Poor Fund or the Lord Mayor's No 2 (Charity) Account (£96k), Military Knights of Windsor Charity (£96k) and The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust (£96k).