Southampton City and Region Action to Combat Hardship

Analysis

Southampton City and Region Action to Combat Hardship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03830305). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southampton City and Region Action to Combat Hardship reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.4m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £860k to £1.7m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southampton City and Region Action to Combat Hardship sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Trust of St Benedict's Abbey Ealing (£1.7m), Christian Broadcasting Network (UK) (£1.7m) and Trust Property Held in Connection with the English Province of the Congregation of Christian Brothers (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66% and donations and legacies 23%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. Reserves of £638k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.