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Releasing Potential Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1097440HampshireDisability
Income£2.3m2025-08-31
Spending£2.1msame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctDisability
Registered2003Charitable company
Employees44latest return

Analysis

Releasing Potential Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04622100). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Releasing Potential Ltd reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.3m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Releasing Potential Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (£2.3m), Woodlands Quaker Home (£2.3m) and Vision 21 (Cyfle Cymru) (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £554k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.

Income and spending

£0£581k£1.2m£1.7m£2.3m2021 Income: £1,631,3642021 Spending: £1,449,43520212022 Income: £1,790,8142022 Spending: £1,674,52320222023 Income: £1,898,1112023 Spending: £1,874,34220232024 Income: £1,899,2352024 Spending: £1,815,06320242025 Income: £2,323,0012025 Spending: £2,080,4092025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.5%
  • Charitable activities 99%
  • Investments 0.7%

In the charity's own words

Educational and outdoor activities and support for young people who are not fully accessing main stream education

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bedfordshire Rural Communities CharityBedford£2.3m
Woodlands Quaker HomeWolverhampton£2.3m
Vision 21 (Cyfle Cymru)Cardiff£2.3m
The Sheffield Royal Society for the BlindSheffield£2.3m