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THE MARCELA TRUST

Registered charity 1127514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides support to selected causes in line with the Charity's objects.

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Latest income
£8.3m
Latest spending
£6.1m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £518,627, which is above its stated policy target of £20,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £220,001 - £230,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £220,001 - £230,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: Group 2025 No. In the band £220,001 - £230,000 1 In the band £150,001 - £160,000 1” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £519k)
“The Trustees consider that a level of reserves of £20,000 is appropriate, equivalent to approximately 24 months of currently estimated operating expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£8.3m
Total spending
£6.1m
Cost of raising funds
£5.7m
Reserves (reported)
£5.7m
Employees
98

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 68.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£8.3m£6.1m
31/07/2024£8.4m£6.3m
31/07/2023£8.2m£6.2m
31/07/2022£6.9m£5.9m
31/07/2021£4.5m£4.4m

Common questions

Is THE MARCELA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £518,627, which is above its stated policy target of £20,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MARCELA TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £220,001 - £230,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

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
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED1£1.1m
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION1£290k
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£157k
H P CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLIN AND JANET MARSHALL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MARCELA TRUST£8.3m£220,001 - £230,0002above—no doubt
THE COLIN AND JANET MARSHALL TRUST FY2025£130k—0above—no doubt
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£114k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£658k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£236k—0above—no doubt
MA CENTRE UK FY2025£249k—0unclear—no doubt

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