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Working Actively to Change Hillfields Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1112123West MidlandsPoverty relief
Income£273k2025-03-31
Spending£292ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctPoverty relief
Registered2005Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Working Actively to Change Hillfields Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in November 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03548462). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Working Actively to Change Hillfields Limited reported income of £273k and spending of £292k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £369k to £273k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 35%. 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, Working Actively to Change Hillfields Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Sisters of the Assumption Charitable Trust (£273k), Nayba (£274k) and Salusbury World (£272k).

Income and spending

£0£105k£211k£316k£421k2021 Income: £368,5152021 Spending: £290,03420212022 Income: £382,1222022 Spending: £395,65720222023 Income: £421,3262023 Spending: £415,83620232024 Income: £420,3022024 Spending: £304,88220242025 Income: £273,4862025 Spending: £292,1192025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Working Actively To Change Hillfields was established in Coventry in 1998 by a group of local residents. WATCH provides afterschool youth clubs (Wed/Thurs), employment advice, IT access (Mon-Fri), venue hire for training courses, a community radio station (FM license and online streaming), hosts our local library branch, and issues SIM cards/devices as part of the National Databank.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Little Sisters of the Assumption Charitable TrustDerby£273k
NaybaCarlisle£274k
Salusbury WorldLondon£272k
Strand Parishes TrustLondon£274k