Salgo Assist

Analysis

Salgo Assist is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wokingham. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Salgo Assist reported income of £33k and spending of £28k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £29k to £33k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Salgo Assist sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kennington Parochial Charity (£33k), Exeter Cathedral Old Choristers' Association Bursary Fund (£33k) and Mary Bowles Charity (£33k).