Regions Beyond UK

Analysis

Regions Beyond UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08561531). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Regions Beyond UK reported income of £564k and spending of £473k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £338k to £564k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Regions Beyond UK sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Traveller Movement (£563k), Waypoint (£564k) and The Zink Project CIO (£561k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and charitable activities 6.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £74k. Reserves of £130k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.