The Meadows Children and Family Wing

Analysis

The Meadows Children and Family Wing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Meadows Children and Family Wing reported income of £147k and spending of £173k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £201k to £147k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. 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, The Meadows Children and Family Wing sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Immanuel Project (£147k), Watford and Three Rivers Refugee Partnership (£147k) and Shop & Drop (£147k).