THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 248136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects are to apply capital and income in favour of charitable projects concerned with the environment and the arts. The applications are at the absolute discretion of the trustees. The trustees will only accept emailed applications at: [email protected]. For more information on the trust and how to apply please look at: www.michaelmarkscharitabletrust.org

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£223k

Latest spending

£261k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £6,204,031, providing a strong financial position. The Trust generated investment income of £223,008 and made charitable grants of £246,587, resulting in a net expenditure before investment gains of £38,470. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandros Leslie Ioannis Sakalis
LADY MARINA MARKS · trustee of 2 other charities
MR NOEL ANNESLEY

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

Operates in: Greece · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£223k	£261k
31/01/2024	£199k	£140k
31/01/2023	£144k	£89k
31/01/2022	£128k	£138k
31/01/2021	£125k	£36k

Common questions

Is THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £6,204,031, providing a strong financial position. The Trust generated investment income of £223,008 and made charitable grants of £246,587, resulting in a net expenditure before investment gains of £38,470. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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 GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST income £113k
AQUILA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £273k
THE MAURICE MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST income £102k
THE GUY AND ELINOR MEYNELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £373k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND income £283k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	£223k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£113k	—	above	—	no doubt
AQUILA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£273k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MAURICE MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUY AND ELINOR MEYNELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£373k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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