Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship (Patch)

Analysis

Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship (Patch) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pembrokeshire. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06365713). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship (Patch) reported income of £115k and spending of £122k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £255k to £115k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 62%. 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, Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship (Patch) sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kiln Church Ledbury (£115k), Camberley Baptist Church (£115k) and Robert Lucas for the Poor and for Public Purposes (£115k).

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.