Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1079358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOTIVATION

Motivation is an international development charity supporting people with mobility disabilities. Working with local, national and international partners, we have been transforming the lives of disabled people for over 30 years. Our high quality, low cost wheelchairs, supported with innovative training programmes help disabled people to gain independence, confidence and hope for the future.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£4.0m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £187,000, resulting in a negative unrestricted reserve balance of £80,427. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains challenging with a stated reserves policy target of three months' expenditure (£400,000), which is currently not met. However, the trustees concluded that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“Two employees earned more than £60,000 during the year” — page 40
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' total annual unrestricted expenditure on general overheads (held: £-80k)
“They have set a policy with a target of three months’ total annual unrestricted expenditure on general overheads as the required level of unrestricted reserves. At the year end, this target was £0.4m”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Wheelchairs provided to UNICEF
“During the year the Motivation Charitable Trust Group provided wheelchairs for a total of £23,000 to UNICEF (2023: £6,000), a related party by virtue of Richard Hawkes’ shared partnership.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: liquidation).
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2025-12-30
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Motivation (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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£4.0m
Cost of raising funds
£517k
Reserves (reported)
£462k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (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: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Ethiopia · India · Kenya · Malawi · Nepal · Pakistan · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£4.0m£4.0m
31/12/2023£3.5m£3.5m
31/12/2022£3.3m£2.8m
31/12/2021£2.5m£3.1m
31/12/2020£2.4m£2.9m

Common questions

Is THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £187,000, resulting in a negative unrestricted reserve balance of £80,427. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains challenging with a stated reserves policy target of three months' expenditure (£400,000), which is currently not met. However, the trustees concluded that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

Who funds THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATION, THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATION, THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION, PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£108kPerson-centred Care in Kenya
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£69kTo empower people with mobility disabilities in Kenya to live independently by developing national wheelchair services
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£40k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£20k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£11k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£11k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kEnvironmental
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kTo empower people with mobility disabilities in Kenya to live independently by developing national wheelchair services
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kInternational (adults and Children)
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8k
FESTIVAL MEDICAL SERVICESFY2024£8kGrant
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8kGrant programme
THE THACKRAY MEDICAL RESEARCH TRUSTFY2023£5kInnovating national wheelchair production in Kenya
THE THACKRAY MEDICAL RESEARCH TRUSTFY2024£5kNot specified in individual grant list, listed in SoFA
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£3k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2024£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2019£24kRebuilding Lives; Growing Livelihoods ? Top up grant

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
MOTABILITY1£251k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£182k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£99k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION1£19k
BRUCE WAKE CHARITY1£6k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION1£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOTABILITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST£4.0m—2unclear—no doubt
MOTABILITY FY2025£54.2m——within—no doubt
CORNWALL MOBILITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
EQUALITY TOGETHER FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
MULTI AGENCY INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
EXETER COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt

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