Mary Macarthur Holiday Trust
What it does
The provision of holidays to women in need of a holiday by reason of age, poverty, infirmity, disablement or social or economic circumstances.
Its charitable purposes
" THE RELIEF IN NEED OF WOMEN BY THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAYS FOR SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF A PERIOD OF REST OR HOLIDAY AND WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, POVERTY, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES."
Causes
- What it works on
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £35,390 and spent £71,305.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £35,390 | £71,305 | Not reported | 11 |
| 31 March 2024 | £32,165 | £61,655 | Not reported | 11 |
| 31 March 2023 | £31,603 | £61,531 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £27,264 | £63,632 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £51,052 | £38,601 | Not reported | 13 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 31%, from £51,052 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £35,390 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 201% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- Unite the Union Cardiff gave £1,000 in the year to 31 March 2025, 3% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,600 from 2 grants | Not reported |
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 7 funders who gave £2,400 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unite the Union Cardiff | Trust, company or other | £1,000 | |
| CWU North East Branch | Trust, company or other | £500 | |
| CWU Manchester Combined | Trust, company or other | £350 | |
| CWU National | Trust, company or other | £250 | |
| Unison West Midlands Branch | Trust, company or other | £100 | |
| Unite the Union National | Trust, company or other | £100 | |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Karen KendrickChair
- Carol Sewell
- Mr K Mills
- Trevor Martin King
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 21 December 2025, 41 days early | Received 21 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 20 December 2024, 42 days early | Received 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 20 December 2023, 42 days early | Received 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 10 January 2023, 21 days early | Received 10 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 25 January 2022, 6 days early | Received 25 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 209989
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 29 January 1963
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 19TH SEPTEMBER 1922. CONVEYANCES DATED 11TH MARCH 1938, 11TH MAY 1938 AND 26TH NOVEMBER 1947 AS VARIED BY RESOLUTION DATED 9TH JULY 1991 AND 19TH NOVEMBER 1991.
- Website
- www.mmht.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.