Patch

Analysis

Patch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Patch reported income of £25k and spending of £22k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,759 to £25k (+331%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Patch sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Twang Music Foundation (£25k), (F.o.s.e.c)friends of St Edwards College (£25k) and 1st March Scout Group (£25k).