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Merton House Holiday Hotel Limited

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 277171BirminghamDisability
Income£567k2025-01-31
Spending£643ksame year
Spent / received114%5-year average
Size in its cause88th pctDisability
Registered1979Charitable company
Employees27latest return

Analysis

Merton House Holiday Hotel Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01402197). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Merton House Holiday Hotel Limited reported income of £567k and spending of £643k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £272k to £567k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Merton House Holiday Hotel Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Cymru Powys (£567k), Romford Baptist Church (£567k) and The Salespeople's Charity (£566k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 1.5% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £585k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.

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£161k£321k£482k£643k2021 Income: £272,1782021 Spending: £386,58120212022 Income: £469,1662022 Spending: £508,32120222023 Income: £506,1452023 Spending: £582,93620232024 Income: £564,1532024 Spending: £601,38320242025 Income: £566,9162025 Spending: £642,5702025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 1.0%
  • Charitable activities 96%
  • Trading 0.2%
  • Investments 1.5%
  • Other 1.4%

In the charity's own words

Maintaining a holiday hotel for the disabled or infirmed, who require special care and attention.

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Age Cymru PowysNewtown£567k
Romford Baptist ChurchRomford£567k
The Salespeople's CharityLincoln£566k
BlindaidOkehampton£568k