MARCH CIVIC TRUST

Registered charity 1081320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance education, relieve poverty, sickness and distress, provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the inhabitants of March.

Objects

THE PURCHASE OF MARCH TOWN HALL MARKET SQUARE MARCH CAMBS FOR THE USE OF THE PEOPLE OF MARCH FOR PUBLIC AND OTHER MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS.

Area of benefit: MARCH

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

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Latest income
£41k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £12,084.15 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted general funds from £25,965 to £25,699. Per the trustees' report, this decline was due to an increase in building repair expenses, although the charity maintains a designated Property Maintenance Fund for future cyclical maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rents and Service Charges (99% of income)
“Rents and Service Charges Received 0.00 40,334.65 40,334.65 33,889.21”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: cover routine management and charitable expenditure budgeted for the next twelve months (held: £26k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, at a level which would cover routine management and charitable expenditure budgeted for the next twelve months.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£41k£53k
31/03/2024£34k£44k
31/03/2023£34k£68k
31/03/2022£42k£43k
31/03/2021£92k£87k

Common questions

Is MARCH CIVIC TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £12,084.15 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted general funds from £25,965 to £25,699. Per the trustees' report, this decline was due to an increase in building repair expenses, although the charity maintains a designated Property Maintenance Fund for future cyclical maintenance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2014£9kRefurbishment of Community Space at March Town Hall
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/06/2004£187k"March Town Hall: Multi Purpose Community Facilities"