CFR (UK)

Analysis

CFR (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06267939). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, CFR (UK) reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £167k to £1.6m (+850%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, CFR (UK) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Global Poverty Project UK (£1.6m), God's House in Ewelme (£1.6m) and Camden Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93%, charitable activities 5.9% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £805k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate.