Charitable Trusts

From an early date Mercers and others began to make gifts and bequests to the Company for charitable purposes and from the 16^th Century onwards the management of these Trusts became the Company’s most important function.

Please click on the following link to learn more about the Company's early benefactors.

These are the principal Charitable Trusts administered by the Mercers' Company. For more information, click on the charity names. The Charity Commission website also contains information concerning these charities.

The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington Charity registration number: 1087167	Accounts for the year to 31 March 2009
Earl of Northampton's Charity Charity registration number: 210291	Accounts for the year to 31 March 2009
The Mercers' Charitable Foundation Charity registration number: 326340	Accounts for the year to 31 March 2009
Mercers’ Company Housing Association Registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 Registration number: 24079R	Accounts for the year to 31 March 2009
St Paul's Schools' Foundation Charity registration number: 312749	Accounts for the year to 31 August 2008
Charter 600 Charity Charity registration number: 1051146	Accounts for the year to 31 March 2009