Platfform for Change

Analysis

Platfform for Change is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02546880). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Platfform for Change reported income of £16.0m and spending of £16.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10.3m to £16.0m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Platfform for Change sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege (£16.0m), St Luke's Hospice (Basildon and District) Limited (£16.1m) and Pohwer (£16.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and trading 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 418 people.