Spencer Contact

Analysis

Spencer Contact is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Spencer Contact reported income of £207k and spending of £229k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £187k to £207k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Spencer Contact sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingdom Life Apostolic Chapel (£207k), North London Central Mosque Trust (£207k) and Jubilee Priesthood Centre (£207k).