New Wine International

Analysis

New Wine International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04112629). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, New Wine International reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.7m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.5m (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, New Wine International sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Saigon Children's Charity CIO (£1.5m), Can Cook (£1.5m) and Voice4change England Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, investments 4.6% and trading 4.0%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6.0m would cover about 41 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 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.