MARTHA TRUST

Registered charity 1067885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of residential or 'inclusive care', for people with profound physical and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), as well as respite care, day care services and support to families caring for people with PMLD.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL, RESPITE AND OTHER SUITABLE FORMS OF CARE THROUGH WHICH TO EXPRESS CHRISTIAN LOVE IN ACTION; TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES.

Area of benefit: PREDOMINANTLY SOUTH EAST ENGLAND.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dover, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £424,517 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £8.27 million against expenditure of £7.84 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held were £1,298,825, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £800,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03467406 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Martha Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PITT, Richard — director, appointed 06/01/2022on trustee list
• PRYSE, Rebecca, Dr — director, appointed 26/11/2018on trustee list
• HOVEY, Georgina Anne — director, appointed 12/04/2018on trustee list
• WALTON, Roger John Ian — director, appointed 19/11/2015on trustee list
• SPARKES, Robert Iain — director, appointed 10/07/2014not on trustee list
• QUIN, John Barrington — director, appointed 06/09/2011on trustee list
• CLARKE, Humphrey — director, appointed 01/03/1998on trustee list
• GAYLER, Julie — secretary, appointed 07/12/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £200k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Martha Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 25/05/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Martha House: Good (07/05/2020) · CQC record
• Mary House: Good (09/10/2025) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Roger John Ian Waltonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Rebecca Pryse
• Georgina Hovey
• HUMPHREY CLARKE
• John Barrington Quin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mr Rob Sparkes
• Richard Pitt

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• MARTHA TRUST HEREFORD LIMITED income £5.4m
• THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA income £649k
• FAMILY CARE TRUST income £4.1m
• PARCHMENT TRUST income £4.3m
• THE INTEGRATION TRUST LIMITED income £395k
• MINSTEAD TRUST income £8.7m

Side by side with its peers

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