The Merchant Taylors' Alumni Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Merchant Taylors' Alumni Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Merchant Taylors' Alumni Charitable Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £52k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £44k to £47k (+7.7%), an average of +1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Merchant Taylors' Alumni Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Enfield Scout Group (£47k), St Hugh's Catholic Primary School (Timperley) Parent Teacher Association (£47k) and Berkshire Family History Society (£47k).

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.