Mars Org. Ltd

Analysis

Mars Org. Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08321795). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mars Org. Ltd reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £900k to £1.7m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mars Org. Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Charitable Fund (£1.7m), My University Hospitals Sussex (£1.7m) and The Donald Gordon Third Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £106k. Reserves of £384k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.