Grant funders

Brian Mercer Trust

Trust

United Kingdom

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Given in 2025 £930k
Typical grant £60k Middle half £30k to £75k
New grantees in 2025 47% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

47% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 41% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

North West 34 grants · typical £30k
London 25 grants · typical £30k
South East 17 grants · typical £30k
East of England 10 grants · typical £23k
South West 7 grants · typical £30k
East Midlands 7 grants · typical £15k
West Midlands 5 grants · typical £15k
North East 2 grants · typical £40k

Top local authority areas

Blackburn with Darwen 20 grants · typical £35k
Manchester 5 grants · typical £30k
Brighton and Hove 5 grants · typical £30k
Bristol, City of 4 grants · typical £40k
Islington 4 grants · typical £50k
City of London 4 grants · typical £188k
Birmingham 4 grants · typical £30k
Colchester 4 grants · typical £14k
Charnwood 3 grants · typical £10k
Somerset 3 grants · typical £30k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Real Zero Grant to Real Zero £75k 10 Dec 2025
Raising Futures Kenya Grant to Raising Futures Kenya £60k 10 Dec 2025
Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council Grant to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council £40k 10 Dec 2025
Plant Based Health Professionals Grant to Plant Based Health Professionals £75k 10 Dec 2025
Power for the People Grant to Power for the People £60k 10 Dec 2025
Youth Climate Justice Fund Canada Grant to Youth Climate Justice Fund £75k 3 Sep 2025
the Second Act Grant to the Second Act £10k 3 Sep 2025
Congo Children Trust Grant to Congo Children Trust £45k 3 Sep 2025
Lafiya Nigeria Grant to Lafiya Nigeria £75k 3 Sep 2025
Re-Cycle Grant to Recycle £22k 14 Aug 2025

Data: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0); Contains grants data published by UK grantmakers via 360Giving GrantNav. Each award names its publisher and licence. (CC BY 4.0, OGL v3.0 or CC0 1.0, as published by each funder (CC BY-SA data excluded)); Brian Mercer Trust, via 360Giving GrantNav