Care and Relief Foundation

Analysis

Care and Relief Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08098329). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Care and Relief Foundation reported income of £36k and spending of £29k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £374k to £36k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Care and Relief Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Christchurch Charities Fund (£36k), Devonshire Road Evangelical Church (£36k) and Our Space (Selby) (£36k).