The Pennington Mellor Munthe Charity Trust

Analysis

The Pennington Mellor Munthe Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Pennington Mellor Munthe Charity Trust reported income of £795k and spending of £771k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £549k to £795k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 1460%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Pennington Mellor Munthe Charity Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridge Institute (£795k), Levine Family Foundation (£800k) and The Mulchand Foundation (£792k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 74% and charitable activities 20%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 28 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.