Tops Learning Systems

Analysis

Tops Learning Systems is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Balham, LONDON. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tops Learning Systems reported income of £22k and spending of £19k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-8.0%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tops Learning Systems sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Thomas Cowley Exclusive of the Cowley Educational Foundation (£22k), Hands on Hand Out (£22k) and Maxted Trust (£22k).