Mars Trust

Analysis

Mars Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Broadstone. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mars Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £16k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Mars Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croxley Danes School Parent Association (£16k), Friends of Glenmere Parent Staff Association (£16k) and The HMCK Charity (£16k).