The Malling Memorial Institute

Analysis

The Malling Memorial Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Malling Memorial Institute reported income of £33k and spending of £25k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £33k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Malling Memorial Institute sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crosskeys Pentecostal Church (£33k), Bosnian Young Peoples Hardship Fund (£33k) and The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Charitable Trust Fund (£33k).