St Martin-In-The-Fields Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

St Martin-In-The-Fields Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, St Martin-In-The-Fields Relief in Need Charity reported income of £80k and spending of £53k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £80k (+342%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 299%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Martin-In-The-Fields Relief in Need Charity sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancing and Sompting Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£80k), Riverside Church (Taunton) (£80k) and Sunderland Community Transport CIO (£80k).