Names Not Numbers

Analysis

Names Not Numbers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Names Not Numbers reported income of £17k and spending of £20k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £19k to £17k (-6.8%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Names Not Numbers sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxfordshire Autistic Society for Information and Support (£17k), Radio Horton (£17k) and Madeley Practice Patients Fund (£17k).