Dr. Martens Foundation

Analysis

Dr. Martens Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13174032). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dr. Martens Foundation reported income of £904k and spending of £1.1m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £904k (-73%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 417%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Dr. Martens Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hilton UK Foundation (£904k), Coventry Building Society Charitable Foundation (£908k) and The Privy Purse Charitable Trust (£903k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £824k. Reserves of £74k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.