Mercy Welfare Trust

Analysis

Mercy Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Mercy Welfare Trust reported income of £98k and spending of £87k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £87k to £98k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mercy Welfare Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include MPF Charitable Trust (£98k), Greene and Co Charity Limited (£98k) and The Vine Trust Walsall (£98k).