Spurgeons

Analysis

Spurgeons is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rushden. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03990460). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Spurgeons reported income of £12.6m and spending of £13.5m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £13.1m to £12.6m (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Spurgeons sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Book Aid International (£11.6m), Conciliation Resources (£12.7m) and Promoting Equality in African Schools (£11.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 8.5% and investments 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £499k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Reserves of £5.7m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 289 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.