The Mears Foundation

Analysis

The Mears Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester Business Park. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07021016). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mears Foundation reported income of £358k and spending of £392k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £124k to £358k (+189%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mears Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dartford Community Church (£358k), Hailsham Frontiers Charitable Trust (£358k) and New Life (Scunthorpe) (£358k).