The Media Trust

Analysis

The Media Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1994, 32 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 02895790). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Media Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.9m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Media Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include KT Educational Charitable Trust (£1.9m), Shrewsbury School Foundation (£1.9m) and FHS Trust Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 15% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £304k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.