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Registered charity · Staffordshire

Mercian Community Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £168k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Shropshire and more
Website
merciantrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Mercian Community Trust
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£168k£157k
  • 2023£133k£209k
  • 2022£214k£201k
Earlier years
  • 2021£72k£95k
  • 2020£97k£108k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF INFORMATION AND TRAINING SCHEMES;THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH;THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTARY OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED;THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; ANDTO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY INITIATING DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES; BUILDING CAPACITY, SUPPORT AND HELP TO THOSE THAT NEED TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND ENGAGING IN BUSINESS;PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASICS OF THE CHARITY SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE ATTACHED TO THIS MEMORANDUM

Grants received

3 grants · £21,954 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,554
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,400

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,4002020-09-25
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002017-12-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,5542005-02-22
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

6.4y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Economic/community Development/employment 4Religious Activities 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 10Education 4Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£168k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1090596
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/12/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/02/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/02/2012
Companies House
Company number 04345177 · Active
Contact on the register
01543306054 · info@lichfield.anglican.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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