The Martha Blackham Kendrick Poor Children's Summer Holiday Charity

Analysis

The Martha Blackham Kendrick Poor Children's Summer Holiday Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in May 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Martha Blackham Kendrick Poor Children's Summer Holiday Charity reported income of £17k and spending of £14k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £8,137 to £17k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Martha Blackham Kendrick Poor Children's Summer Holiday Charity sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Lilian Armitage (£17k), Christ Apostolic Church Life Centre (£17k) and Precious Lord Ministry (£17k).