The Marlowe Trust

Analysis

The Marlowe Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11188407). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Marlowe Trust reported income of £17.7m and spending of £17.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £17.7m (+258%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Marlowe Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Response Organisation (£17.6m), Autism East Midlands (£17.9m) and Community Lives Consortium (£16.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, trading 10%, investments 2.0% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.7%. Reserves of £714k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 235 people.