MELCREN LIMITED

Registered charity 284834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further both in the United Kingdom and abroad those purposes recognised as charitable by English Law

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Latest income
£518k
Latest spending
£493k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £24,073 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £20,291 compared to a deficit of £3,782 in the prior year. The trustees describe the financial position as satisfactory and note that principal funding sources were donations received from related companies. No staff were employed during the period, and all trustees served voluntarily without remuneration.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£518k
Total spending
£493k
Reserves (reported)
£20k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£518k£493k
31/03/2024£563k£551k
31/03/2023£629k£637k
31/03/2022£434k£431k
31/03/2021£282k£322k

Common questions

Is MELCREN LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £24,073 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £20,291 compared to a deficit of £3,782 in the prior year. The trustees describe the financial position as satisfactory and note that principal funding sources were donations received from related companies. No staff were employed during the period, and all trustees served voluntarily without remuneration. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MELCREN LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MELCREN LIMITED as a grant recipient include KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024£24k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROWNHOST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MELCREN LIMITED£518k—0unclear—no doubt
CROWNHOST LIMITED FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
PARKWILL LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
MERCHED Y WAWR FY2025£288k—0unclear—no doubt
CROWN CREST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt

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