The Friends of Carlton Hill

Analysis

The Friends of Carlton Hill is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Friends of Carlton Hill reported income of £35k and spending of £39k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,082 to £35k (+475%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Friends of Carlton Hill sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houses of Promise (£35k), The Red House, Stepney (Incorporated) (£35k) and Faidaane Madinah Foundation (£35k).