A Little Gesture a Great Help

Analysis

A Little Gesture a Great Help 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, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, 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 December 2025, A Little Gesture a Great Help reported income of £40k and spending of £67k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £89k to £40k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, A Little Gesture a Great Help sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Battersby Hall Charity (£40k), Hackney Congolese Women Support Group (£40k) and Betel Church (£40k).

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.