The Melete Foundation

Analysis

The Melete Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Melete Foundation reported income of £32k and spending of £77k, spending 238% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £732k to £32k (-96%), an average of -54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 23% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Melete Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clarke's Old School Foundation Wigglesworth (£32k), Felix Foundation (£32k) and Wat Matchimaram UK (£32k).