John Martin's Charity

Analysis

John Martin's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, John Martin's Charity reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £711k to £1.1m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, John Martin's Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community of the Many Names of God (£1.1m), National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (£1.1m) and Jews for Jesus (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £520k. Reserves of £220k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.