Merrylegs Charitable Trust

Analysis

Merrylegs Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Merrylegs Charitable Trust reported income of £701k and spending of £162k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £101k to £701k (+592%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Merrylegs Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RSPCA Aberconwy, Montgomeryshire and Wrexham Branch (£701k), Windyway Trust (£704k) and Mablethorpe Wildlife Rescue (£700k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92%, trading 2.8% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £553k. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £875k would cover about 65 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.