Hibiscus Initiatives Ltd

Analysis

Hibiscus Initiatives Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Red Lion Street. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04533442). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hibiscus Initiatives Ltd reported income of £981k and spending of £1.4m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £981k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hibiscus Initiatives Ltd sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Emmaus Bolton (£981k), Beis Hamedrash Nishmas Yisroel Limited (£981k) and Mosaic Church Coventry (£981k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 7.7% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Reserves of £512k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.