The Meyrick Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Meyrick Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Christchurch. It was registered in August 1997, 29 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Meyrick Charitable Trust reported income of £86k and spending of £88k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,183 to £86k (+3862%), an average of +151% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1375%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, The Meyrick Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Dunmow and District Round Table Charitable Trust (£86k), The Thornton Foundation (£87k) and The Clear Foundation (£86k).