Waste Not Want Not Limited

Analysis

Waste Not Want Not Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chippenham. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 04278158). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Waste Not Want Not Limited reported income of £181k and spending of £179k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £116k to £181k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Waste Not Want Not Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley United Reformed Church Charity (£181k), Al-Baraka Welfare Trust International (£181k) and St Paul's Family Centre (£181k).