Questscope

Analysis

Questscope is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02308065). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Questscope reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.9m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £1.6m (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Questscope sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Bobover Yeshivah (£1.6m), Camden Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited (£1.6m) and Making the Leap (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £253k. It employed 16 people.