Schools Relief Initiative

Analysis

Schools Relief Initiative is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Schools Relief Initiative reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,400 to £10k (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Schools Relief Initiative sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Physical Training Organisation (£10k), Give a Billion (£10k) and Peniel French Church (£10k).