The Erm Foundation

Analysis

The Erm Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05621200). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Erm Foundation reported income of £157k and spending of £264k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £139k to £157k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Erm Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acts Community Church (£157k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God "City of His Grace" (£157k) and Orchard Baptist Church (£157k).