Motivation and Learning Trust

Analysis

Motivation and Learning Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff Gate Business Park. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Motivation and Learning Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £65k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £24k to £60k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Motivation and Learning Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope City Furniture (£60k), Free the Forgotten (£60k) and The Helen Margaret Owen Foundation (£60k).