The Mendicants, Merthyr Tydfil

Analysis

The Mendicants, Merthyr Tydfil is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in October 1962, 64 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mendicants, Merthyr Tydfil reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,978 to £11k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mendicants, Merthyr Tydfil sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of St Albans Verulamium Trust Fund (£11k), Cardiff Kurdish Community Association (£11k) and Rotary Club of Crewe and Nantwich Weaver (£11k).