The Melville Club

Analysis

The Melville Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in June 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Melville Club reported income of £40k and spending of £54k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £40k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Melville Club sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Aqueduct Charitable Trust (£40k), C James Cadbury Charity (£40k) and Cheshire Asbestos Victims Support Group (£40k).

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.