The Merchant Taylors' School General Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Merchant Taylors' School General Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 1969, 57 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Merchant Taylors' School General Charitable Trust reported income of £94k and spending of £350k, spending 373% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £105k to £94k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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' School General Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Dalby Pre-School Playgroup (£94k), Ellesmere District Scout Council (£94k) and St Pauls Playgroup (Semilong) (£94k).