DR. MARTENS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of Dr. Martens Foundation is to distribute money in the form of grants for specific charitable purposes, in support of advancing social justice.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Dr. Martens Foundation reported a net expense of £177,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable grants of £824,000 against total income of £905,000. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £74,000 from £251,000 in the prior year, though the trustees confirm this remains above their target of three months' forecasted operational costs. The foundation relies on donations from the Dr. Martens Group and maintains a simple structure with no long-term financial commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13174032

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.

• GILLESPIE, Paul Benjamin — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
• SPARKS, JR., Dennis Maurice — director, appointed 28/01/2025not on trustee list
• RAEYMAEKERS, Greet — director, appointed 02/09/2024on trustee list
• SHORES, Pamela — director, appointed 07/04/2021on trustee list
• MEKIK ARGUEDAS SCHWANK, Tuze — director, appointed 02/03/2021not on trustee list
• REICHWALD, Emily Clare — director, appointed 02/02/2021on trustee list
• ARMSTRONG, Paul Richard — director, appointed 02/02/2021on trustee list
• WOOF, Zhwan — secretary, appointed 27/01/2025

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emily Reichwaldchair
• Dennis Sparks Jr.
• Greet Raeymaekers
• PAMELA SHORES
• PAUL RICHARD ARMSTRONG
• Paul Benjamin Gillespie
• Tuze Mekik Arguedas Schwank

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

Operates in: China · France · Germany · Hong Kong · Italy · Japan · Laos · Northern Ireland · South Korea · Spain · Thailand · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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