Melton Mowbray Building Society Charitable Foundation
Analysis
Melton Mowbray Building Society Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melton Mowbray. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Melton Mowbray Building Society Charitable Foundation reported income of £18k and spending of £29k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £18k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 193% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Melton Mowbray Building Society Charitable Foundation sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gayaza Alumnae Network (£18k), Mr H M T Gibson's Charity Trust (£18k) and Helping Hands CIO (£18k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Foundation directs resources towards less advantaged individuals or organisations within a local catchment area of a 15 mile radius of the Building Society's branches in Melton Mowbray, Grantham & Oakham. The Foundation will commit at least 33% & up to 50% of its resources to kickstart a community project or to establish an enduring activity or initiative for the benefit of the community.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Gayaza Alumnae Network | Harrow | £18k |
| Mr H M T Gibson's Charity Trust | London | £18k |
| Helping Hands CIO | London | £18k |
| Simon's Heroes | Staffordshire | £18k |