Operation Sunshine

Analysis

Operation Sunshine is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06766891). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Operation Sunshine reported income of £37k and spending of £31k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £4,360 to £37k (+753%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 611%. Over the whole period it spent 381% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation Sunshine sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir Edmund Gregory Samson Burford Alfred Mannerings Kemsley Chatham Sick Poor Fund (£37k), Jafariyah Community Centre Stoke-On-Trent (£37k) and The Nancy Derbyshire Trust (£37k).