Charity Begins at Home

Analysis

Charity Begins at Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charity Begins at Home reported income of £172k and spending of £110k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £172k (+763%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charity Begins at Home sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hostnation (£172k), Rabbi Meir and Rafael Pinto Talmudical Centre (£173k) and Wrexham Foodbank / Banc Bwyd Wrecsam (£172k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.