Help the Needy Charitable Trust

Analysis

Help the Needy Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Help the Needy Charitable Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £5.1m to £2.6m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Help the Needy Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Community Hub : Waterloo (£2.6m), Advocacy Focus (£2.6m) and Rays of Sunshine (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £783k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.