Respect

Analysis

Respect is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07582438). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Respect reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £3.1m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Respect 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Reddiford School Charitable Trust (£3.1m), M.g.s. Trust (£3.2m) and Union of Brunel Students (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £253k. Reserves of £410k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.

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.