Guildford Poyle Charities

Analysis

Guildford Poyle Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07867602). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Guildford Poyle Charities reported income of £163k and spending of £217k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £128k to £163k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Guildford Poyle Charities sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Apostolic Church (Gospel Generation) (£163k), Allied Services Trust (£163k) and Barnsley Food Bank Partnership (£163k).

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.