The Marketors Trust

Analysis

The Marketors Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Marketors Trust reported income of £82k and spending of £186k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £82k (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 186% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Marketors Trust 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 Urban Mba (£82k), Bioversity International (UK) (£82k) and Drop4drop Limited (£82k).

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.