The Burford Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

The Burford Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burford. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Burford Relief in Need Charity reported income of £31k and spending of £7,551, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £190k to £31k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 403%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Burford Relief in Need Charity sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tiddington Community Centre (£31k), Great Glen Village Hall (£31k) and Beat:cancer (£31k).