THE MERCER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1202987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£259k

Latest spending

£55k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Mercer Foundation reported a surplus of £203,219 for the period ended 5 April 2025, bringing its accumulated funds to £353,007. The trustees confirmed that sufficient reserves are held to maintain operating activities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Benedicte Mercerchair
David Mercer
Katie Coomber

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£259k	£55k
05/04/2024	£186k	£36k

Common questions

Is THE MERCER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Mercer Foundation reported a surplus of £203,219 for the period ended 5 April 2025, bringing its accumulated funds to £353,007. The trustees confirmed that sufficient reserves are held to maintain operating activities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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
LOCAL TRUST	1	£1.1m
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES	1	£695k
THE INDIGO TRUST	1	£450k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£400k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£170k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE BROTHERS TRUST	1	£25k
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £6.6m
THE HARDY FOUNDATION income £2.8m
JACOBS FUTURA FOUNDATION income £16.0m
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £140k
THE MIZEN FOUNDATION income £101k
COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MERCER FOUNDATION	£259k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£6.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JACOBS FUTURA FOUNDATION FY2024	£16.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£140k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MIZEN FOUNDATION FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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