The Charity Finance Group

Analysis

The Charity Finance Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03182826). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charity Finance Group reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.0m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Charity Finance Group sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Hope House School Limited (£2.0m), The Yarlet Trust (£2.0m) and Royal Microscopical Society (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 5.9% and trading 4.8%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £188k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.