# MONTE SAN MARTINO TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113897
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 25, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1113897


## Contact

- **Address:** Follyfield House, St Mary's Walk, North Aston, Bicester, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX25 6AA
- **Phone:** 01722716746
- **Email:** info@msmtrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.msmtrust.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Italy



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £121089 | £185147 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £88210 | £138105 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £102130 | £110285 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £101484 | £67325 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £129652 | £38744 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Professor Philip Cooke** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Christopher Michael Anthony Woodhead — appointed Jan. 23, 2020
- John Simkins — appointed June 1, 2024
- Julia Carol Gray MacKenzie — appointed Jan. 23, 2020
- Justin Reny de Meo — appointed March 21, 2014
- Ms A Copley — appointed Nov. 8, 2016
- Nermina Delic — appointed Jan. 23, 2020
- OMAR BUCCHIONI — appointed Oct. 15, 2013
- THE HONOURABLE LETITIA BLAKE
- Tom Carver — appointed June 1, 2025