Spotlight UK

Analysis

Spotlight UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Spotlight UK reported income of £228k and spending of £247k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £351k to £228k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Spotlight UK sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Persian Advice Bureau (£228k), Revive Healthy Living (£228k) and Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (Amurt) UK (£228k).