The Mary Robertson Trust

Analysis

The Mary Robertson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mary Robertson Trust reported income of £115k and spending of £144k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £78k to £115k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Mary Robertson Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charlotte Harvey Trust (£115k), The Yorkshire Young Achievers Foundation (£115k) and The Gray Trust (£114k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.