The Marston Moretaine Charities

Analysis

The Marston Moretaine Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Marston Moretaine Charities reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Marston Moretaine Charities sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% 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 The Fareham Welfare Trust (£13k), The Nazareth Way CIO (£13k) and Highbury Grove School Foundation (£13k).