Caleb Initiative

Analysis

Caleb Initiative is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Caleb Initiative reported income of £93k and spending of £124k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £139k to £93k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Caleb Initiative sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brentwood Community and Voluntary Service (£93k), The M M National Gulf Veterans and Families Benevolent Association (£93k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brighton : the Chapel Royal (£93k).