The Exeter Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

The Exeter Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Exeter Relief in Need Charity reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £14k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Exeter Relief in Need Charity sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Foyz Trust (£14k), East Africa Women's League (United Kingdom) (£14k) and Royal Warwickshire Regimental Association (General Purposes) Trust (£14k).