The Mereside Education Trust

Analysis

The Mereside Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mereside Education Trust reported income of £11.0m and spending of £1.4m, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £11.0m (+624%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 418%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Mereside Education Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Joseph's College Limited (£10.9m), Shrewsbury House School Trust Limited (£11.0m) and The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace Group) Ltd (£10.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 24% of spending and raising funds 67%.