Monte San Martino Trust
Analysis
Monte San Martino Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05604293). It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Monte San Martino Trust reported income of £177k and spending of £245k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £101k to £177k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Monte San Martino Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acorn Playgroup and Pre-School (£177k), Little Acorns Pre-School (£177k) and Cashes Green Playgroup (£177k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To raise funds to provide bursaries to Italian students to cover costs of residential courses in the UK. These students are usually direct descendants of, or connected with, the very families who provided much needed food and shelter to Allied prisoners of war who had escaped form their prison camps after the Armistice was signed with the Allies in 1943.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn Playgroup and Pre-School | Welwyn | £177k |
| Little Acorns Pre-School | Kent | £177k |
| Cashes Green Playgroup | Glos | £177k |
| Caterpillar Nursery (Leamington Spa) Limited | Warwickshire | £178k |