Mercy Relief

Analysis

Mercy Relief is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mercy Relief reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £2.3m (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mercy Relief 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashoka UK (£2.3m), CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) (£2.3m) and Positive Futures North Liverpool Limited (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £30k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.