MERRIMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1080946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MERRIMAN CHARITY

To distribute funds to such charities and for such charitable purposes as the Trustees decide.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£251k

Latest spending

£215k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,559,497, having increased from £4,063,923 in the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has no formal policy for holding reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NICHOLAS MERRIMAN K.C.chair
LINDSAY MERRIMAN
NICHOLAS MERRIMAN K.C
SASKIA RESTORICK

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£251k	£215k
31/12/2024	£211k	£222k
31/12/2023	£175k	£178k
31/12/2022	£128k	£124k
31/12/2021	£116k	£116k

Common questions

Is MERRIMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,559,497, having increased from £4,063,923 in the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has no formal policy for holding reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further attention for a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £140k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation income £1.7m
HA MEEM FOUNDATION income £496k
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £279k
M AND M FOUNDATION income £217k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MERRIMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£140k	—	above	—	no doubt
Matchroom Charitable Foundation FY2025	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HA MEEM FOUNDATION FY2025	£496k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£279k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.