Drop4drop Limited

Analysis

Drop4drop Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mackley Industrial Estate. 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05704054). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Drop4drop Limited reported income of £82k and spending of £138k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £163k to £82k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Drop4drop Limited sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateway Freedom Church, Harlow (£82k), Urban Mba (£82k) and Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund (£82k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.