Marketing Skills Trust Limited

Analysis

Marketing Skills Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02572091). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Marketing Skills Trust Limited reported income of £17k and spending of £113k, spending 679% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £62 to £17k (+26653%), an average of +304% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29137%. Over the whole period it spent 1172% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Marketing Skills Trust Limited sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 24th Medway (Borstal) Scout Group (£17k), The Harben Armoury Fund (£17k) and Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.