Taxaid UK

Analysis

Taxaid UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1997, 29 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 03374001). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Taxaid UK reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £967k to £1.2m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Taxaid UK 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ghyll Royd School (£1.2m), University of Chichester Students' Union (£1.2m) and Rainbow Pre-School & Extended Services (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, donations and legacies 30% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 7.4%. Reserves of £351k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.