Circles of Support and Accountability

Analysis

Circles of Support and Accountability is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06457347). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Circles of Support and Accountability reported income of £388k and spending of £414k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £336k to £388k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Circles of Support and Accountability sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Necessary Furniture (£388k), Anjuman Gujarati Muslim Society (£388k) and United Charities of Cambridge (£387k).