Magen Charitable Trust

Analysis

Magen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Magen Charitable Trust reported income of £165k and spending of £164k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £207k to £165k (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Magen Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Place of Grace UK (£164k), Ghazali Trust (£165k) and Teslake Limited (£164k).