Empower a Child UK

Analysis

Empower a Child UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2012, 14 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 07672584). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Empower a Child UK reported income of £32k and spending of £44k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £31k to £32k (+4.3%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Empower a Child UK sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Green Room Charitable Trust (£32k), Holton-Le-Clay Multi-Purpose Educational and Resource Centre (£32k) and Wembley Family Church (£32k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.