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Miel de Botton Charitable Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1195398WirralGrant-making and general purposes
Income£21k2025-12-31
Spending£1.9msame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause57th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2021Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Miel de Botton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in August 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Miel de Botton Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £1.9m, spending 9025% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,320 to £21k (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61769%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Miel de Botton Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breachwood Green New Village Hall (£21k), Hyman Winstone Foundation (£21k) and Curzon Community Association (£21k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£978k£2.0m£2.9m£3.9m2021 Income: £6,3202021 Spending: £2,83420212022 Income: £3,910,1192022 Spending: £139,18220222023 Income: £5042023 Spending: £979,17320232024 Income: £4,3832024 Spending: £891,90920242025 Income: £20,7522025 Spending: £1,872,9472025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Giving grants to support the arts. This Trust does not accept unsolicited emails and letters.

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Breachwood Green New Village HallHertfordshire£21k
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