Village Aid

Analysis

Village Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03446625). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Village Aid reported income of £32k and spending of £32k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £60k to £32k (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Village Aid sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% 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 The Poor Charity of William Candy (£32k), Oasis Christian Fellowship (£32k) and Winning Faith Chapel (£32k).