Filling The Gap

Analysis

Filling The Gap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Filling The Gap reported income of £19k and spending of £0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £25k to £19k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Filling The Gap sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fare Shop (£19k), The Samuel White and Francis Willoughby Charity for Relief in Need (£19k) and Sarah Rachael Titford's Charity (£19k).