MARI GIRGIS TRUST

Registered charity 1083172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

helps developments and support for the poor in Egypt and Sudan especially rural areas

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN EGYPT, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST.(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT..

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£158k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Mari Girgis Trust reported unrestricted reserves of £28,358 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £157,687 and total payments of £130,510. The trustees stated that it is not their policy to hold large sums, preferring immediate distribution when sufficient funds are available. The accounts note that currency devaluation made operations more challenging during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not the policy of the trustees to hold large sums as the money can be for used immediate distribution (held: £28k)
“It is not the policy of the trustees to hold large sums as the money can be for used immediate distribution.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Egypt

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£158k£131k
05/04/2024£126k£142k
05/04/2023£79k£116k
05/04/2022£81k£146k
05/04/2021£111k£116k

Common questions

Is MARI GIRGIS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Mari Girgis Trust reported unrestricted reserves of £28,358 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £157,687 and total payments of £130,510. The trustees stated that it is not their policy to hold large sums, preferring immediate distribution when sufficient funds are available. The accounts note that currency devaluation made operations more challenging during the year.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND1£16k
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FOUNDATION MANCHESTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARI GIRGIS TRUST£158k—0above—no doubt
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FOUNDATION MANCHESTER FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
ST GILES TRUST FY2025£22.4m——below—no doubt
AEGIS TRUST FY2024£3.2m£90,000 - £99,9991unclear—no doubt
THE MIRIANOG TRUST FY2025£718k—0above—no doubt
GORDON MEMORIAL COLLEGE AT KHARTOUM TRUST FUND FY2025£218k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.