Margaret Robertson Charitable Trust

The Margaret Robertson Charitable Trust, registered in England and Wales in January 2021 (charity number 1193031), is a grant-making charity endowed with over £4.6 million from legacies and investment income, dedicated to providing sustained financial support exclusively to three pre-selected beneficiary charities: The Greyhound Trust (animal welfare, greyhound rescue and rehoming), Queenscourt Hospice (specialist palliative care), and Southport Offshore Rescue Trust (maritime emergency rescue services). Established to fulfill a legacy mandate, its mission centers on enduring capital and annual grants to advance animal welfare, local hospice care, and life-saving sea rescue, with no broader values or thematic evolution indicated. Governed by three unremunerated trustees, it operates leanly without staff, focusing solely on these aligned causes in the North West of England.

It funds core operational, programme, and capital costs for these named charities only, with no support for projects, seeds, emergencies, or other organisations. Geographically, grants target the beneficiaries' operational areas, primarily Sefton, Southport, and surrounding North West England locales, despite The Greyhound Trust's UK-wide remit.

Eligible entities are strictly UK-registered charities limited to these three predetermined medium-to-large organisations; unsolicited applications are not accepted, with no open process, public guidelines, or competitive rounds. Trustees make annual decisions internally, awarding typical grants of £100,000–£250,000 per beneficiary (totaling over £490,000 yearly).

Distinctively, the trust excludes all other causes, grassroots groups, smaller entities, or non-local activities, differentiating it as a highly specialised, closed-mandate funder rather than a generalist or open programme—ideal for semantic matching with the exact named beneficiaries seeking recurrent, unrestricted support.