The Meri Trust

Analysis

The Meri Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08738056). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Meri Trust reported income of £79k and spending of £80k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £364k to £79k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Meri Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churches Together in Basildon (£79k), Root and Branch Change (£79k) and Living Hope Christian Church (£79k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.