The Eric Drummond-Mercer Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Eric Drummond-Mercer Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Eric Drummond-Mercer Memorial Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,060 to £21k (+312%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Eric Drummond-Mercer Memorial Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bicton Heath Hall Association (£21k), Tom Furey Memorial Trust (£21k) and Warmheartmalawi (£21k).