Martin Charitable Trust

Analysis

Martin Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastbourne. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Martin Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £6,200, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £226k to £16k (-93%), an average of -49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Martin Charitable Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Birth Ministries (£16k), Sutton Bonington Baptist Church Manse Fund (£16k) and Stonedge Chapel (£16k).