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MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 298197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide charitable donations, relieve provety, advance eductaion, advance religion and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community.

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Latest income
£157k
Latest spending
£257k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £2,338,426 to £2,196,498 due to net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds £2,007,703 in investments and maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Martin's Investment Holdings Limited (95% of income)
“Donations received or receivable 2 150,000 150,000” — page 8
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintaining adequate funds to deal with current and medium-term needs (held: £2.2m)
“The charity's policy with regard to reserves is to make suitable investments in the ongoing development of the charity, whilst maintaining adequate funds to deal with current and medium-term needs.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Total income
£947k
Total spending
£122k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~179.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£157k£257k
05/04/2025£167k£91k
05/04/2024£285k£110k
05/04/2023£947k£122k
05/04/2022£359k£71k

Common questions

Is MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £2,338,426 to £2,196,498 due to net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds £2,007,703 in investments and maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION1£84k
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
KAHAL IMREI CHAIM LIMITED1£22k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST£157k—0unclear—no doubt
MARTIN GEDDES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£255k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt
TATZIL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MATT. 6.3 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.9m—1unclear—noted
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY FY2026£1.1m——above—no doubt

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