Reality Gives

Analysis

Reality Gives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Telford. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Reality Gives reported income of £56k and spending of £37k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £55k to £56k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Reality Gives sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wisdom Sanctuary Limited (£56k), Quba Initiative (£56k) and Al-Zahra Foundation UK (£56k).