FareShare Midlands

Analysis

FareShare Midlands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07575440). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, FareShare Midlands reported income of £4.4m and spending of £3.6m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £4.4m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, FareShare Midlands sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Sir Richard Whittington (£4.4m), The Tabernacle Global Ministries (£4.4m) and The Campden Charities Trustee (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £554k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.