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The Mercury Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1178712LondonEducation and training
Income£91k2025-03-31
Spending£54ksame year
Spent / received49%5-year average
Size in its cause73rd pctEducation and training
Registered2018Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Mercury Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11281935). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mercury Foundation reported income of £91k and spending of £54k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £182k to £91k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Mercury Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red Squirrels Nursery (£91k), Abacus Preschool Lichfield (£91k) and Stokenchurch Educational Charity (£91k).

Income and spending

£0£64k£128k£191k£255k2021 Income: £181,5912021 Spending: £63,14220212022 Income: £255,2772022 Spending: £69,54020222023 Income: £99,3672023 Spending: £90,32920232024 Income: £69,2882024 Spending: £66,40520242025 Income: £90,5932025 Spending: £54,4902025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the education of the public, in particular but not exclusively, in the history of the second world war and the Battle of Britain and the Royal Air Force, by the establishment and maintenance of a museum and associated collections, and such other means as the Trustees shall in their discretion determine.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Red Squirrels NurseryAppleby-in-Westmorland£91k
Abacus Preschool LichfieldLichfield£91k
Stokenchurch Educational CharityBuckinghamshire£91k
Naunton Park Pre-School PlaygroupGloucestershire£91k