Mere Brow and District Institute

Analysis

Mere Brow and District Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in February 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mere Brow and District Institute reported income of £74k and spending of £74k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £65k to £74k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Mere Brow and District Institute sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Coopers Edge Trust (£74k), Splice Child and Family Project Limited (£74k) and London Accountancy Practice (£74k).

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.