Pump Aid

Analysis

Pump Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03661446). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pump Aid reported income of £959k and spending of £794k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £959k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pump Aid sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bourneheights Limited (£959k), Limehouse Project Ltd (£959k) and Resurrection Life Centre Ltd (£958k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 20% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £919k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.