Five Talents UK Ltd

Analysis

Five Talents UK Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 05641704). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Five Talents UK Ltd reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £2.1m (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Five Talents UK Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwark Charities (£2.1m), Coventry Haven (£2.1m) and Southwark Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £47k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £413k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.