Descendants

Analysis

Descendants is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Community Centre. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Descendants reported income of £23k and spending of £19k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £37k to £23k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Descendants sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neuadd Bentref Y Groeslon (War Memorial Hall and Institute Groeslon) (£23k), One Woman at a Time (£23k) and Yad La'em Post Natal Support (£23k).