Merciful Centre

Analysis

Merciful Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2008, 18 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Merciful Centre reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £59k to £20k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Merciful Centre sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Savernake Hospital and the Community (£20k), St Tudy Village Hall (£20k) and Jesus Christ the Saviour Assembly (£20k).