Positive East

Analysis

Positive East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1991, 35 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 02546750). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Positive East reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.9m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Positive East sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends Families and Travellers (£1.9m), The Jessie May Trust (£1.9m) and Age UK Sutton (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 2.4% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £13k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £618k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.