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THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 212206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

These are clearly stated in the Trustees' report: currently we give grants in the fields of medical research, youth, penal affairs, health, mental health and community development.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £621,076 against future grant commitments of £2,108,496. The trustees confirm that the charity's assets are available and sufficient to fulfill its present obligations, and the independent auditor reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The percentage of net assets spent on raising funds is 0.50%.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fiona Adams is a Trustee and member of Bendrigg Trust, which received a grant.
“Fiona Adams is a member of the Bendrigg Trust. Bendrigg Trust received an unrestricted grant of £95,000 in the year. (2024: £105,000). Fiona Adams did not receive any fees as a member or Trustee from the recipient organisations above in the year ended 31 March 2025 (2024: £Nil). Henrietta Shields is a Reader at Farm Street Church. Farm Street Church received £1,000 in the year for the food kitchen for the homeless. (2024: £1,000) Henrietta Shields did not receive any fees as a Reader at Farm Street Church. (2024: £Nil)” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chariot House Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£2.5m
Cost of raising funds
£365k
Reserves (reported)
£621k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 23.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£2.5m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.5m£2.3m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.0m
31/03/2021£941k£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £621,076 against future grant commitments of £2,108,496. The trustees confirm that the charity's assets are available and sufficient to fulfill its present obligations, and the independent auditor reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chariot House Ltd.

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
ASHKELON FOUNDATION1£438k
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£6k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED1£5k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST£1.5m—0unclear0.5%no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£540k—0unclear—no doubt
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£192k—0unclear—no doubt
ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO FY2025£424k—0unclear—no doubt

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