One by One

Analysis

One by One is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in December 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, One by One reported income of £620k and spending of £581k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £536k to £620k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, One by One sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Paddington Foodbank (£619k), Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust (£620k) and Anjuman-E-Hamidi (Manchester) (£618k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, charitable activities 5.6% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £68k. Reserves of £492k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.