Embrace UK Community Support Centre

Analysis

Embrace UK Community Support Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04215772). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Embrace UK Community Support Centre reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.5m (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Embrace UK Community Support Centre 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 Sutton and Cheam Elderly People's Housing Association (£1.5m), Depaul Housing Services (£1.5m) and Royal Engineers Central Charitable Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £396k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.