Martineau School Trust

Analysis

Martineau School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Martineau School Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £19k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Martineau School Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wrexham and District Relief in Need Charity (£19k), The Halbard Charitable Trust (£19k) and The Peace Trust (£19k).