Concern and Help for East Elmbridge Retired (Cheer)

Analysis

Concern and Help for East Elmbridge Retired (Cheer) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07102376). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Concern and Help for East Elmbridge Retired (Cheer) reported income of £203k and spending of £76k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £48k to £203k (+322%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 232%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Concern and Help for East Elmbridge Retired (Cheer) sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waterloo Action Centre (£203k), YMCA St Paul's Youth Project (£204k) and King's Church Kendal (£203k).