RICHARD MACKAY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1170695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports a limited number of causes known to the trustees.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT AGAIN WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN THE AREA OF LEICESTERSHIRE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£500k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £2,321,359 at year-end, having made grants of £474,614 and incurred support costs of £324. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources for the foreseeable future and adopted the going concern basis. The reserves policy states that it is not the policy to hold reserves committed for specific purposes, intending to pay out all generated funds as appropriate causes are evaluated.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: It is not the policy of the charity to hold reserves committed or designated for specific purposes. (held: £2.3m)

“It is not the policy of the charity to hold reserves committed or designated for specific purposes. The trustees intend that all funds generated from investments should be paid out in furtherance of the charity's objectives as soon as appropriate causes can be evaluated.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD MACKAYchair
ALICIA MACKAY · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW COOK

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£41k	£500k
31/12/2024	£36k	£650k
31/12/2023	£30k	£394k
31/12/2022	£24k	£292k
31/12/2021	£17k	£433k

Common questions

Is RICHARD MACKAY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £2,321,359 at year-end, having made grants of £474,614 and incurred support costs of £324. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources for the foreseeable future and adopted the going concern basis. The reserves policy states that it is not the policy to hold reserves committed for specific purposes, intending to pay out all generated funds as appropriate causes are evaluated. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£9k
H P CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CELIA MACKAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

CELIA MACKAY CHARITABLE TRUST income £61k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST income £114k
THE RICHARD MEINS CHARITABLE TRUST income £180k
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUST income £0
SCJM CHARITABLE TRUST income £54k
THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUST income £128k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RICHARD MACKAY CHARITABLE TRUST	£41k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CELIA MACKAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£61k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RICHARD MEINS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£0	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCJM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	below	—	noted

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