Baraka Community Partnerships

Analysis

Baraka Community Partnerships is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06885037). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Baraka Community Partnerships reported income of £554k and spending of £546k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £215k to £554k (+158%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Baraka Community Partnerships sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Magdalen and Lasher Charity (£553k), Basingstoke Voluntary Action (£555k) and Help Bristol's Homeless Charity (£551k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £137k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.