The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she split her bounty across multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the community center that supported their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
