The West Mercia Police Community Fund

Analysis

The West Mercia Police Community Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The West Mercia Police Community Fund reported income of £26k and spending of £11k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £33k to £26k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 3321%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The West Mercia Police Community Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Crossing Point (£26k), Somerset Local Medical Benevolent Fund (£26k) and West Buckland Village Hall Trust (£25k).