The Melina Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Melina Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2007, 19 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 Melina Charitable Foundation reported income of £46k and spending of £61k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £46k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 3526%. Over the whole period it spent 229% 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 Melina Charitable Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mullion Charitable Trust (£45k), The Charlotte Tana Heymann Charitable Trust (£46k) and The Elizabeth Jackson Charitable Trust (£45k).

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.