St Martin-In-The-Fields Trust

Analysis

St Martin-In-The-Fields Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04986630). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Martin-In-The-Fields Trust reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.9m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £2.1m (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Martin-In-The-Fields Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Citizens Advice Essex Limited (£2.1m), Yad Shlomo Trust (£2.1m) and Combined Cadet Force Association (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £115k. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 36%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £416k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.