Southwark Charities

Analysis

Southwark Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07340188). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Southwark Charities reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.7m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £888k to £2.1m (+134%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 6856%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southwark Charities sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwark Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£2.1m), Five Talents UK Ltd (£2.1m) and Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 69% and charitable activities 31%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £554k. Reserves of £107.0m would cover about 736 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.