The Melow Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Melow Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Melow Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 128% 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 Melow Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstone Evangelical Church (£1.2m), Sabeno Limited (£1.2m) and Active Gloucestershire (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Grants to other organisations totalled £938k. Reserves of £10.3m would cover about 107 months of spending at that rate.