Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

MARTHA TRUST

The provision of residential or 'inclusive care', for people with profound physical and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), as well as respite care, day care services and support to families caring for people with PMLD.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£6,574£7,025£-452£243£4,622£3,9866.817360
31/12/22£6,401£6,465£-64£154£5,074£4,286817580
31/12/21£6,347£5,848£499£127£5,138£4,380917666
31/12/20£5,706£5,432£274£112£4,639£3,9618.817330
31/12/19£5,259£5,415£-156£141£4,365£3,7598.318130
31/12/18£5,053£5,164£-110£154£4,521£3,9079.11810
31/12/17£5,022£4,723£299£159£4,631£3,8529.81820
31/12/16£4,536£4,470£65£173£4,332£3,6189.71770
31/12/15*£4,374£4,268£106£171£4,267£3,555101670
31/12/14£4,227£3,928£300£172£4,161£3,40510.41520
31/12/13£3,753£3,789£-36£149£3,861£3,1049.81480
31/12/12£3,822£3,860£-38£139£3,897£3,1929.91530
31/12/11£4,024£3,838£186£179£3,948£3,24010.11430
31/12/10£3,866£3,739£127£152£3,763£3,0009.61350
31/12/09£3,547£3,392£155£128£3,636£2,92710.41260
31/12/08£2,960£2,801£159£120£3,480£2,340101150
31/12/07£2,883£2,591£292£118£3,321£2,44911.31170
31/12/06£2,235£2,324£-89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£2,214£1,684£530n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£2,168£1,332£836n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 6.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 27 years

www.marthatrust.org.uk

contact@marthatrust.org.uk

01304615223

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,878
DCMS£10,000
CareTech foundation£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 20/06/2023
Martha Trust core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities in Hastings
£9,878 24/06/2022
The funding will be used deliver an activities programme for those with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) that reside in Martha Trust residential home or staying their during respite. The project will deliver activities both inside ....more
CareTech foundation - Martha Trust
£1,000 25/08/2021
A grant of £1,000 awarded to purchase a bladder scanner to avoid the use of unnecessary catheterization and reduce the rates of urinary tract infections.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting better
£10,000 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to update person-centred software. The project aims to continue to provide timely care to people with multiple learning difficulties within care homes.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 09/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Communication for All
£9,985 20/06/2019
12
The project will use funding to provide respite care for people with profound disabilities across Kent & Sussex to help them remain active by improving the equipment and staff training requirements to meet the needs of the disabled beneficiaries
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 27/03/2018
Special Needs Bedrooms & Therapy Room Build - Mary House, Hastings
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Martha Trust
£30,000 02/03/2017
Construction of building for a charity which works with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities in Kent
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-84
  • DR REBECCA PRYSE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Gp
  • GEORGINA HOVEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trustee/Ambassador
  • HUMPHREY CLARKE Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Engineering Consultant
  • JOHN BARRINGTON QUIN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Reired Chief Executive Chairman
  • MR ROB SPARKES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Service Delivery Manager (It)
  • RICHARD PITT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
  • ROGER JOHN IAN WALTON (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director Of Environment And Corporate Assets
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/1998, number: 1067885
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/11/1997, number: 03467406
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 0 days late,
Main office

HOMEMEAD LANE
HACKLINGE
DEAL
KENT
CT14 0PG

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL, RESPITE AND OTHER SUITABLE FORMS OF CARE THROUGH WHICH TO EXPRESS CHRISTIAN LOVE IN ACTION; TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PREDOMINANTLY SOUTH EAST ENGLAND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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