THE MELETE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1175279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net increase in funds of £90,674 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by significant investment gains of £135,118 which offset a net expenditure on charitable activities. Total income was £32,160, predominantly from investment sources, while total expenditure reached £76,604. The charity maintains a nil level of free reserves, relying on an expendable endowment fund of approximately £2 million to cover shortfalls and ongoing activities.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 07/11/2022, 7 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: MELETE ENERGY LIMITED Companies House 16557435

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ALEXANDER RAYMOND CHISHOLMchair
• CATHERINE ALEXANDRA CHISHOLM
• Imran Ali

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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