Producers Direct

Analysis

Producers Direct is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06959165). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Producers Direct reported income of £615k and spending of £759k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £988k to £615k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Producers Direct sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watford Citizens Advice Bureau (£615k), Christ Hope of Glory Ministries (£616k) and Global Aid Network UK (£615k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. It employed 11 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.