Partnership for Growth

Analysis

Partnership for Growth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferring. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03527886). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Partnership for Growth reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.3m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Partnership for Growth 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 Premierquote Limited (£1.3m), Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (£1.3m) and Faithworks Wessex (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52% and charitable activities 47%. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 47%. Reserves of £82k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.