Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation

Analysis

Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation reported income of £17k and spending of £12k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £17k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Loughor Inshore Rescue (£17k), South London African Women Association (Slawa) Limited (£17k) and The Rotary Club of King's Lynn Benevolent Fund (£17k).