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Monte San Martino Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1113897
Status
Registered
Registered
April 25, 2006
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined. In Practice National And Overseas

Address

Address
Follyfield House
St Mary's Walk
North Aston
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX25 6AA

Contact

Activities

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.

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.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals
What
Education/training
Who
Children/young People

Areas of operation

Country
Italy

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £121,089 £185,147
Dec. 31, 2023 £88,210 £138,105
Dec. 31, 2022 £102,130 £110,285
Dec. 31, 2021 £101,484 £67,325
Dec. 31, 2020 £129,652 £38,744

Trustees

Name Appointed
Professor Philip Cooke (Chair) Jan. 1, 2025
Christopher Michael Anthony Woodhead Jan. 23, 2020
John Simkins June 1, 2024
Julia Carol Gray MacKenzie Jan. 23, 2020
Justin Reny de Meo March 21, 2014
Ms A Copley Nov. 8, 2016
Nermina Delic Jan. 23, 2020
Omar Bucchioni Oct. 15, 2013
The Honourable Letitia Blake
Tom Carver June 1, 2025