MONTE SAN MARTINO TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 25 April 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05604293
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £177,200
Latest expenditure: £244,560
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Follyfield House, St Mary's Walk, North Aston, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 6AA

Website recorded by the regulator: www.msmtrust.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To raise funds to provide bursaries to Italian students to cover costs of residential courses in the UK. These students are usually direct descendants of, or connected with, the very families who provided much needed food and shelter to Allied prisoners of war who had escaped form their prison camps after the Armistice was signed with the Allies in 1943.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £177,200
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,560

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £121,089
Total Gross Expenditure: £185,147

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 27 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £88,210
Total Gross Expenditure: £138,105

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £102,130
Total Gross Expenditure: £110,285

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £101,484
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,325

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £177,200
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,560
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 30 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £121,089
Total Gross Expenditure: £185,147
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £88,210
Total Gross Expenditure: £138,105
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £102,130
Total Gross Expenditure: £110,285
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 21

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £101,484
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,325
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 21

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Italy
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MONTE SAN MARTINO TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-04-25T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/07/2013
Charitable Objects: (1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENABLING ITALIANS TO COME TO ENGLAND TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE FOR LIMITED PERIODS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (I)AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO PERSONS UNDER 25 YEAS OF AGE WHO OR WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS ARE RESIDENT IN ITALY;II) PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BURSARIES TO DEFRAY REASONABLE TRAVEL, TUITION EXPENSES AND LIVING EXPENSES WHICH WILL ENABLE SUCH PERSONS UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE TO STUDY ENGLISH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;III) AWARDING SUCH PERSONS GRANTS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR STUDY OF ENGLISH;IV) OTHERWISE FURTHERING THE EDUCATION OF ENGLISH OF SUCH PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.(2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN ITALY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND THE BRAVERY OF THOSE WHO HELPED THEM, AND TO PUBLISH IN WHATEVER FORM MATERIAL RELATING TO THOSE EXPERIENCES.(3) TO COMMEMORATE THE EXPERIENCES OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN ITALY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND THE BRAVERY OF THOSE WHO HELPED THEM, IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures