The Moody Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Moody Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ingatestone. It was registered in December 1982, 44 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 December 2025, The Moody Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £11k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £35k to £37k (+4.7%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Moody 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 Rotary Club of Caterham Charity Fund (£37k), Maximus Foundation UK (£37k) and Thomas Lilley Memorial Trust (£37k).