DR. Martens Foundation

Registered charity 1194513 Registered since 2021

Operates: China, France, Germany, Italy, Laos, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Japan

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

3.4y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 48Professional services 11Health and social care 2

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£904k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 34.3 in 2022

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Medrwn MON Similar size; both General purposes
The Simon & Elizabeth Batey Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
North Hertfordshire Centre for Voluntary Service Limited Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	dmfoundation@drmartens.com
Phone	0371 384 2030
Address	28 Jamestown Road, Camden, London, NW1 7BY

Finances

£904,421 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2022	£3,320,000	£860,567
2023	£180,926	£1,153,528
2024	£935,414	£2,043,235
2025	£904,421	£1,064,866

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 FEB 2021AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 MAR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 MAR 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees

52median age

0aged 70+

Emily Reichwaldage band 50-54 Chair since 2021
Dennis Sparks Jr.age band 50-54 since 2025
Greet Raeymaekersage band 40-44 since 2024
Pamela Shoresage band 50-54 since 2021
Paul Richard Armstrongage band 50-54 since 2021
Paul Benjamin Gillespieage band 60-64 since 2025
Tuze Mekik Arguedas Schwankage band 50-54 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

DR. Martens Foundation · 13174032 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/02/2021

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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