The Richard Meins Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard Meins Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2022, 4 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Richard Meins Charitable Trust reported income of £180k and spending of £300, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2023 to April 2026, income grew from £5,000 to £180k (+3500%), an average of +230% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 900%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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 Richard Meins Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Audrey Earle Charitable Trust (£180k), The Sutton Old People's Welfare Committee (£180k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Deane, Bolton (£180k).