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THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 273992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grant to those organisations coming within the objects of the charity.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£519k
Latest spending
£588k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total funds increasing to £5,020,357. However, the trustees' report notes that the charity is reliant on income from investments and voluntary donations from connected companies, and future continuation is subject to satisfactory income. Free/unrestricted reserves were significantly lower at £24,388 compared to total funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity received an unrestricted donations of £161,500 from charities in which two of the trustees have an interest.
“The charity received an unrestricted donations of £161,500 from charities in which two of the trustees have an interest.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£519k
Total spending
£588k
Cost of raising funds
£163k
Reserves (reported)
£24k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (64% 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: 31.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£519k£588k
05/04/2024£369k£609k
05/04/2023£459k£517k
05/04/2022£645k£946k
05/04/2021£544k£740k

Common questions

Is THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total funds increasing to £5,020,357. However, the trustees' report notes that the charity is reliant on income from investments and voluntary donations from connected companies, and future continuation is subject to satisfactory income. Free/unrestricted reserves were significantly lower at £24,388 compared to total funds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd.

Who funds THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include MYR CHARITABLE TRUST, C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MYR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£11k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£9k
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k

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
SF FOUNDATION2£83k
CMZ LTD1£351k
THREE PILLARS TRUST1£343k
YAD SHLOMO TRUST1£223k
THE ABC TRUST1£197k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUST1£149k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST1£115k
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION1£80k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST£519k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN CHOCHMAS SHLOMA TRUST FY2021£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£124k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£284k—0above—no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt

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