International Pole and Line Foundation

Analysis

International Pole and Line Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07788763). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Pole and Line Foundation reported income of £961k and spending of £957k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £865k to £961k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, International Pole and Line Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swindon and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£961k), Wiltshire Law Centre (£961k) and Congregation Yetev Lev Dsatmar Antwerp Limited (£960k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £248k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.