Merton Community Transport

Analysis

Merton Community Transport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03571884). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Merton Community Transport reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £531k to £1.5m (+179%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Merton Community Transport sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Outreach (£1.5m), Ryedale Special Families (£1.5m) and Southwark Disablement Association (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £339k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.