M O Charitable Trust

Analysis

M O Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in March 1986, 40 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, M O Charitable Trust reported income of £146k and spending of £119k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £450k to £146k (-68%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 176% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, M O Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greek Orthodox Community of St Katherine (£146k), Big Breakfast Plus (£146k) and One Church Lancs (£146k).