Institute of Our Lady of Mercy

Analysis

Institute of Our Lady of Mercy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Institute of Our Lady of Mercy reported income of £11.9m and spending of £18.1m, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income grew from £8.9m to £11.9m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Institute of Our Lady of Mercy sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cyclists' Touring Club (£11.9m), MCS Charitable Foundation (£11.9m) and The Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation (£11.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 36%, investments 27% and donations and legacies 22%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £21k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £448k. Reserves of £102.9m would cover about 60 months of spending at that rate. It employed 236 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.