Pauline Meredith Charitable Trust

Analysis

Pauline Meredith Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Pauline Meredith Charitable Trust reported income of £185k and spending of £142k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £48k to £185k (+284%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Pauline Meredith Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pelorus Foundation (£183k), The Scientific Exploration Society (£185k) and Hector's Greyhound Rescue (£182k).