MARR-MUNNING TRUST

Registered charity 1153007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Marr-Munning Trust is an independent grantmaking trust which aims to reduce the impact of poverty and disadvantage in countries outside the UK

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£649k

Latest spending

£792k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,870,665, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £43,052 (representing three months of core running costs). The charity reported a net deficit of £518,258 for the year, driven by investment losses, but maintains sufficient liquidity and reserves to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 (2024: One employee earned between £60,000 and £70,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 (2024: One employee earned between £60,000 and £70,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Investments (47% of income)

“Investment income is accounted for in the Statement of Financial Activities in the period in which the charity is entitled to receipt.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £17.9m)

“The trustees have approved a policy of maintaining free reserves (ie the amount of unallocated money left after deducting all our existing grant commitments, investments and fixed assets) of at least 3 months’ core running costs.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

26 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (25 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£649k

Total spending

£792k

Cost of raising funds

£366k

Reserves (reported)

£10.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~162.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 56.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew MacCormack · trustee of 2 other charities
EDITH PARKER
Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly · trustee of 1 other charity
Rahul Mathasing
Saskia Thomas

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

Operates in: Angola · Bangladesh · Benin · Bhutan · Botswana · Brunei · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cape Verde

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£649k	£792k
31/03/2024	£705k	£689k
31/03/2023	£702k	£705k
31/03/2022	£677k	£779k
31/03/2021	£694k	£670k

Common questions

Is MARR-MUNNING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,870,665, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £43,052 (representing three months of core running costs). The charity reported a net deficit of £518,258 for the year, driven by investment losses, but maintains sufficient liquidity and reserves to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of MARR-MUNNING TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds MARR-MUNNING TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MARR-MUNNING TRUST as a grant recipient include Able Child Africa.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Able Child Africa	FY2023	£16k	Grants payable to institutions

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
KIDASHA	1	£239k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST income £384k
THE W E DUNN TRUST income £238k
THE MARWYN TRUST income £58k
MADNI TRUST income £1.2m
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
MANAN TRUST income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARR-MUNNING TRUST	£649k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£384k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE W E DUNN TRUST FY2025	£238k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE MARWYN TRUST FY2024	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
MADNI TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£154k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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