Sethington Ltd

Analysis

Sethington Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07601874). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sethington Ltd reported income of £50k and spending of £39k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £42k to £50k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sethington Ltd sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swineshead Benevolent Foundation (£50k), London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund (£50k) and Monkchester Community Association CIO (£50k).