Pro-Seed

Analysis

Pro-Seed is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Pro-Seed reported income of £21k and spending of £68k, spending 323% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £18k to £21k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pro-Seed sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Great Rollright Charities (Exclusive of the Great Rollright Educational Foundation) (£21k), Arising Futures (£21k) and Images of Nepal (UK) (£21k).

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.