01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 11 December 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11504129
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £991,000
- Latest expenditure
- £799,947
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: SRLV LLP, 4th Floor, Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street, London
Website recorded by the regulator: www.merkyfoundation.org.uk/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
A UK Foundation committed to fighting racial inequalities, justice reform, discrimination, employment and social inclusion within the black community. To protect, promote and strengthen the social, economic, educational and political capital of black people. Advancing self-empowerment, liberation and well being by provisions including bursaries primarily, but not exclusively, Cambridge University.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £991,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £799,947
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £872,450
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £846,212
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £968,652
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £974,429
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 June 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £816,404
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £860,811
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £760,958
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £666,636
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £991,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £799,947
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £872,450
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £846,212
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £968,652
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £974,429
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 5 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £816,404
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £860,811
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 1 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £760,958
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £666,636
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 991000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 991000
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £39,947
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £760,000
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 799947
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 760000
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 39947
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £241,765
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £977,774
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £719,009
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £258,765
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 719009
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £255,134
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 241765
- Funds Restricted
- 17000
- Funds Total
- 258765
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 842450
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 30000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 872450
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £67,622
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £778,590
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 846212
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 755000
- Expenditure Governance
- 23590
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 91212
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £50,712
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £126,652
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £58,940
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £67,712
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 58940
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £75,212
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 50712
- Funds Restricted
- 17000
- Funds Total
- 67712
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 968652
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 968652
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £183,429
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £791,000
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 974429
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 780000
- Expenditure Governance
- 11000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 28000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £41,474
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £44,954
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,480
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £41,474
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3480
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £44,049
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 41474
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 41474
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 5 June 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 816404
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 816404
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £15,749
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £845,062
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 860811
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 780000
- Expenditure Governance
- 25562
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 40771
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £27,251
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £448,931
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £401,680
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £47,251
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 401680
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £448,931
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 27251
- Funds Restricted
- 20000
- Funds Total
- 47251
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 1 June 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 760958
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 760958
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £24,550
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £642,086
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 666636
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 640000
- Expenditure Governance
- 1560
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 24550
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £91,658
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £600,023
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £508,365
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £91,658
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 508365
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £92,978
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -8342
- Funds Restricted
- 100000
- Funds Total
- 91658
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- MERKY FOUNDATION LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-12-11T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 AUG 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 NOV 2019AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 NOV 2019
- Charitable Objects
- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BAME (BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC) STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES TENABLE AT PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures