Friends of or Meir and Bracha

Analysis

Friends of or Meir and Bracha is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheadle. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of or Meir and Bracha reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £13k to £11k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 280%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of or Meir and Bracha sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hardy Group (£11k), Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Support Group (£11k) and Arnside Choral Society (£11k).