Renewable World

Analysis

Renewable World is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06005778). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Renewable World reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.4m (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Renewable World sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fylde Coast Women's Aid (£1.4m), Community Law Service(Northampton and County) (£1.4m) and The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £305k. Reserves of £335k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.