The Paul and Marta Foundation

Analysis

The Paul and Marta Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Paul and Marta Foundation reported income of £87k and spending of £110k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £350k to £87k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 1224%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Paul and Marta Foundation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Gregory, Bedale with Burrill Mission Church (£87k), Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Camp Hill (£88k) and Devon Moor to Shore Methodist Circuit (£87k).

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.