The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £362k to £1.2m (+239%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 233%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BRAC Europe (£1.2m), The Auditory Verbal Centre (£1.2m) and Europe Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £6.3m would cover about 58 months of spending at that rate.