Penhill Lunch Club

Analysis

Penhill Lunch Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Penhill Lunch Club reported income of £22k and spending of £19k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £13k to £22k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Penhill Lunch Club sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tetbury Welfare Charities (£22k), Korean Resident Society in United Kingdom (£22k) and Taysir Relief Foundation (£22k).