Melling Village Institute

Analysis

Melling Village Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Melling Village Institute reported income of £23k and spending of £38k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £15k to £23k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 302%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Melling Village Institute sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elm House Trust (£23k), Dorothy Bridge Griffith Charitable Trust (£23k) and Bury Residents Charity (£23k).