The Jennie Marsh Trust

Analysis

The Jennie Marsh Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05405313). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Jennie Marsh Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £29k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £23k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 294%. 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, The Jennie Marsh Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rainbow Covenant Trust (£23k), Warwickshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme (£23k) and Philip Metcalfe's Almshouses (£23k).