The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust

Analysis

The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edinburgh. It was registered in September 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust reported income of £556k and spending of £2.7m, spending 480% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £365k to £556k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1151%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley and District Animal Rescue Charity (£542k), The Colchester and District Cat Rescue and Homing Society (£562k) and Wild Futures (£541k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 92% and donations and legacies 7.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £17.7m would cover about 79 months of spending at that rate.