The Merchant Venturers Charity

Analysis

The Merchant Venturers Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 1972, 54 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Merchant Venturers Charity reported income of £420k and spending of £346k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £407k to £420k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Merchant Venturers Charity 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 Dancesyndrome (£419k), Impact Living (£420k) and Neston Community Youth Centre Limited (£419k).