The Charity Service Limited

Analysis

The Charity Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02538910). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charity Service Limited reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.9m, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £474k to £1.3m (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Charity Service Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable Foundation (£1.3m), The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust (£1.3m) and The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, investments 9.9% and charitable activities 4.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.7m. Reserves of £17k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.