Mercer Family Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Mercer Family Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burton-On-Trent. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Mercer Family Charitable Foundation reported income of £400k and spending of £339k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £267k to £400k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mercer Family Charitable Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Time to Talk West Berkshire (£400k), Newmarket Day Centre CIO (£400k) and Bristol Somali Resource Centre (BSRC) (£400k).