Ruth Vines Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Ruth Vines Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Ruth Vines Charitable Settlement reported income of £27k and spending of £33k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £26k to £27k (+4.7%), an average of +1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ruth Vines Charitable Settlement sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Period Ltd (£27k), Rotary Club of Horwich Trust Fund (£27k) and Sylvia Lanka Foundation (£27k).

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.