The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust reported income of £120k and spending of £72k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £103k to £120k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Brown Source Trust (£120k), Tamarind Centre Limited (£120k) and Sacred Giving (£120k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.