Greatgreen Limited

Analysis

Greatgreen Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2003, 23 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 04465512). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greatgreen Limited reported income of £657k and spending of £462k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £560k to £657k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Greatgreen Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Church ( Cambridge ) (£657k), Newark and Southwell Methodist Circuit (£658k) and Barakat (£657k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 56% and donations and legacies 44%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £452k. Reserves of £7.5m would cover about 191 months of spending at that rate.