Penelope Martin Charitable Trust

Analysis

Penelope Martin Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Penelope Martin Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £54k, spending 271% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £26k to £20k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 531% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Penelope Martin Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Avenue Friendship Club (£20k), The Chesterton House Foundation (£20k) and Rearsby Village Hall (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.