Spenborough Forget Me Not Fund

Analysis

Spenborough Forget Me Not Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleckheaton. It was registered in June 2007, 19 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 05264081). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Spenborough Forget Me Not Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,857 to £15k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Spenborough Forget Me Not Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aid International Development (£15k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Christ Liberty House (£15k) and Charity of John Davey (£15k).

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.