MERKY FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1186891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A UK Foundation committed to fighting racial inequalities, justice reform, discrimination, employment and social inclusion within the black community. To protect, promote and strengthen the social, economic, educational and political capital of black people. Advancing self-empowerment, liberation and well being by provisions including bursaries primarily, but not exclusively, Cambridge University.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BAME (BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC) STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES TENABLE AT PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £241,765 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £50,712. The trustees consider this level of unrestricted reserves to be appropriate for the period ahead, noting that they will set a specific target reserves range as the new operating cost base becomes clear. The charity reported a net income surplus of £191,053 for the year, funded primarily by donations.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• HSBC — “In a significant expansion, HSBC have pledged £2m to support a further 30 new Stormzy Scholarships at the University of Cambridge.” (source page)
• #Merky Foundation — “#Merky Foundation donated £500,000 to the Black Heart Foundation’s ‘Each Day. Every Day’ campaign, launched in response to the Black Lives M…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Owuochair
• Richard Barry Rosenberg · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION.

• RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• MERCY MISSION UK income £9.3m
• STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY income £994k
• QED FOUNDATION LIMITED income £618k
• Equality Foundation income £107k
• MERCY FOUNDATION CIO income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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