Wokingham United Charities

Analysis

Wokingham United Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05278018). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wokingham United Charities reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £509k to £1.3m (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wokingham United Charities 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beverley Consolidated Charity (£1.3m), 500k International (£1.3m) and City Life Church Southampton (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58%, investments 26% and charitable activities 17%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £202k. Reserves of £782k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.