St Martin-In-The-Fields Charity

Analysis

St Martin-In-The-Fields Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Martin-In-The-Fields Charity reported income of £5.2m and spending of £6.2m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £6.3m to £5.2m (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Martin-In-The-Fields Charity sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Windle Trust International (£5.1m), FearFree Charity (£5.2m) and Empower Community Foundation (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, charitable activities 14% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £227k. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.