Poverty Relief Foundation Limited

Analysis

Poverty Relief Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02548383). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poverty Relief Foundation Limited reported income of £59k and spending of £21k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £59k (+410%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 400%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Poverty Relief Foundation Limited sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rugby Development Foundation (£59k), Mazkereth Gittel Limited (£59k) and Tumble Family Centre (£59k).