The Martyn Donaldson Music Trust

Analysis

The Martyn Donaldson Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Macclesfield. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Martyn Donaldson Music Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £17k to £15k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Martyn Donaldson Music 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 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Swaton Community Trust (£15k), Bromley (Kent) Festival of Music and Speech (£15k) and Biggin Hill Evening Women's Institute (£15k).

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.