Martin Charitable Trust

Analysis

Martin Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Martin Charitable Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £257k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £359k to £157k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 164%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Martin Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Reta Lila Howard Foundation (£157k), The Ajs Charitable Trust (£157k) and Weston-Super-Mare Lions Club (CIO) (£157k).