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CLARA MARTINEAU CHARITY

Registered charity 1040051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote the residential education of children under the age of 19 years who have special ed. needs, and who are attending any school maintained by Birmingham City Council as local education authority.To provide facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation for the benefit of such children with the object of improving their condition of life, with the same priority as aforesaid

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Latest income
£183k
Latest spending
£709k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,301,728.57, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining nil or minimal reserves. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £525,702.42 due to investment losses, but remains solvent with no staff and minimal operational costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nil reserves or minimal reserves (held: £5.3m)
“The Trustees policy on reserves therefore is to maintain nil reserves or minimal reserves.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Birmingham City Council is a related party of Clara Martineau Charity by virtue of the powers vested in it by the trust deed to appoint or remove a significant proportion of the trustees of the charity. During the year Birmingham City Council made loans to the charity, provided services and facilities and paid certain expenses on behalf of the charity as disclosed in notes 7 and 14 above.
“Birmingham City Council is a related party of Clara Martineau Charity by virtue of the powers vested in it by the trust deed to appoint or remove a significant proportion of the trustees of the charity. During the year Birmingham City Council made loans to the charity, provided services and facilities and paid certain expenses on behalf of the charity as disclosed in notes 7 and 14 above.” — page 14
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£644k
Total spending
£100k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£183k£709k
31/03/2025£188k£425k
31/03/2024£644k£100k
31/03/2023£158k£246k
31/03/2022£726k£235k

Common questions

Is CLARA MARTINEAU CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,301,728.57, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining nil or minimal reserves. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £525,702.42 due to investment losses, but remains solvent with no staff and minimal operational costs. Its FY2026 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ST. JAMES'S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£341k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£185k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£185k
THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£88k
BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£75k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION1£33k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION1£25k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLARA MARTINEAU CHARITY£183k—0above—no doubt
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY FY2025£751k—0above—no doubt
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£7.2m——above—no doubt
CARLTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY FY2024£152k—0unclear—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
FUN 4 KIDZ FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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