MARTIN GEDDES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1159776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide grants to organisations, including other charities, whose work is in line with our objects

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£255k

Latest spending

£233k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in the process of winding down its operations and is scheduled to close on 27 August 2027. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no operating costs and does not hold reserves, having spent significantly more (£232,610) than it received (£18,559) during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JUDI ELIZABETH GEISLERchair
ALEXANDER LAURENCE GEDDES
Catherine Anne O'Connor
Dr SALLY BELINDA GEDDES
JEREMY JOHN GREEN
MICHAEL DAVID COLLINS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
27/08/2025	£255k	£233k
27/08/2024	£226k	£224k
27/08/2023	£110k	£149k
27/08/2022	£24k	£133k
27/08/2021	£27k	£88k

Common questions

Is MARTIN GEDDES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in the process of winding down its operations and is scheduled to close on 27 August 2027. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no operating costs and does not hold reserves, having spent significantly more (£232,610) than it received (£18,559) during the period. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

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

MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST income £156k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST income £260k
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED income £658k
SRINIVAS/ USHA CHARITABLE TRUST income £106k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARTIN GEDDES CHARITABLE TRUST	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	1.4%	no doubt
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£658k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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