THE SANITA MERALI TRUST

Registered charity 1125967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANITA MERALI TRUST

The charity's objectives are to support and advance medical research and community facilities. A core interest of the charity is to facilitate the progression of cancer research and care. The latter objective refers to the charity's interest in the improvement of community facilities to ensure inclusivity for all members of society.

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

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£310k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £2,980,463, representing a surplus of £152,756 for the period. The trustees report that this balance is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity holds significant investment property assets valued at £4,255,000, which are secured against bank loans totaling approximately £1.59 million.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (97% of income)

“During the financial year, £350,216 was received in investment income from rental properties, all of which is unrestricted and a further £12,000 was received in donations.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rental income received from companies controlled by trustees

“Throughout the year The Sanita Merali Trust continued to receive rental income at fairmarket value from Companies controlled by the Trustees Nimah, Farah and Murtaza Merali. The total rents received by The Sanita Merali Trust from Trustees and connected entities totaled £30,000.00” — page 16

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Johnson Walker. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£310k

Cost of raising funds

£151k

Reserves (reported)

£3.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~142.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% 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: 14.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Farah Merali
MURTAZA GULAMABBAS MERALI
Nimah Merali
Rachael Sarah Flintoft

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.0m	£310k
31/03/2024	£362k	£245k
31/03/2023	£374k	£183k
31/03/2022	£606k	£168k
31/03/2021	£354k	£183k

Common questions

Is THE SANITA MERALI TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £2,980,463, representing a surplus of £152,756 for the period. The trustees report that this balance is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity holds significant investment property assets valued at £4,255,000, which are secured against bank loans totaling approximately £1.59 million. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Johnson Walker.

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
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£38k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	2	£17k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	2	£4k
SSP FOUNDATION	2	£3k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	2	£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND income £930k
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £315k
THE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY income £34.0m
READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
CANCER RESEARCH WALES income £5.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SANITA MERALI TRUST	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024	£502k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025	£930k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY FY2025	£34.0m	£149,102	—	above	27.0%	no doubt
READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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