Working Families

Analysis

Working Families is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04727690). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Working Families reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £982k to £1.2m (+24%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Working Families sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refurnish Devon (£1.2m), Interlink RCT (£1.2m) and Kerem Shloime Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, donations and legacies 40% and trading 12%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £257k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.