Tools for Self Reliance Cymru

Analysis

Tools for Self Reliance Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crickhowell. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03068269). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tools for Self Reliance Cymru reported income of £113k and spending of £126k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £125k to £113k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tools for Self Reliance Cymru sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dakri Charitable Trust (£113k), The Link Foundation Ltd (£113k) and The David Isaacs Fund (£113k).