London Reclaimed

Analysis

London Reclaimed is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 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 07768745). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, London Reclaimed reported income of £782k and spending of £795k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £272k to £782k (+188%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, London Reclaimed sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Publish What You Fund (£781k), The Bow Foodbank Limited (£782k) and Frenford Youth Club (£781k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 33%. It employed 11 people.

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.