The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Merton United Charities

Registered charity 201460 Registered since 1962

Operates: Merton

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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.

5 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 5

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

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£48k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailmertonunitedcharities@gmail.com
Phone02085421760
AddressSt. Mary The Virgin Church, The Parish Office, Church Path, LONDON, SW19 3HJ

Finances

£48,329 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£41,616£25,075
2022£40,975£16,427
2023£47,251£18,310
2024£44,386£18,957
2025£48,329£42,521

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY (A) FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY (B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR OF THE FORMER PARISH OF MERTON (C) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON

Governing document: SCHEME OF 27TH APRIL 1995

Trustees (5)

5trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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