The John Howard & Denise Frances Merry Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Howard & Denise Frances Merry Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The John Howard & Denise Frances Merry Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £12k to £12k (+0.5%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 159% 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 John Howard & Denise Frances Merry Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nailsea Community Trust Limited (£12k), Pashtun Trust (£12k) and Euxton Womens Institute (£12k).

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.