MERCY BEYOND LIMITED

Registered charity 1111377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERCY, MERCY MINISTRIES UK, MERCY UK, Mercy Ministries UK

We are a Christian mental health charity providing support to individuals experiencing hardship, disadvantage, or distress by offering free access to faith-based support services, structured discipleship programmes, one-to-one support, and digital resources. We work with churches, individuals and partners across the UK and beyond, to advance the Christian faith and promote wellbeing.

Objects

(i) To prevent poverty and provide relief of poverty to individuals affected by hardship, disadvantage or distress by reason of social, emotional, psychological or economic circumstances and who wish to access Christian mental-health and well-being support.(ii) To advance the Christian faith by disseminating the gospel and Christian discipleship through digital and print materials, campaigns, and other means of communication to foster a deeper understanding and connection with Jesus Christ.(iii) To promote the health and well-being of individuals and the saving of lives through the prevention and relief of distress and suffering through the provision of biblical teaching, discipleship curricula, and holistic Christian-based mental health activities and programmes.(iv) Such other charitable purposes as shall further the attainment of the above objects of the company or any of them.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £235,655 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £737,404. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £50,000, which is significantly exceeded by the current unrestricted funds of £737,404 (though the restricted funds are substantial, the unrestricted portion is negative at £1,055,560). The trustees have confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing adequate measures to manage financial risks despite economic pressures.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Arianna Walkerchair
• Dr Rob Waller
• Jonathan Clark
• Justine Barnes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Alexander Vice
• Suzanna Penny Clarke

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCY MISSION UK.

• MERCY MISSION UK income £9.3m
• MERCY WORLDWIDE TRUST income £29k
• MERCIFUL GIVING income £87k
• MERCY SEAT INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £32k
• MERCY MISSION WELFARE SOCIETY income £49k
• MERCY RELIEF income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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