Martial Arts Community Trust

Analysis

Martial Arts Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Martial Arts Community Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £21k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Martial Arts Community Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ponsanooth Playing Fields Association (£21k), Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Community Centre (£21k) and The George Morgan Young Player Trust (£21k).