The Society of Merchant Venturers Youth Endowment Fund

Analysis

The Society of Merchant Venturers Youth Endowment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Society of Merchant Venturers Youth Endowment Fund reported income of £131k and spending of £114k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £131k to £131k (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Society of Merchant Venturers Youth Endowment Fund sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Snitterfield Nursery School (£131k), The Chaddesley Corbett Educational Foundation (£131k) and North Leeds District Scout Council (£131k).