Friends of Martins Wood

Analysis

Friends of Martins Wood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Martins Wood reported income of £13k and spending of £6,406, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £72 to £13k (+17975%), an average of +267% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 7254%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Martins Wood sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Gomer Junior School (£13k), Bedgrove Junior School Parent Teacher Association (£13k) and The Friends of Glen Park (£13k).