Release Financial Charity

Analysis

Release Financial Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Release Financial Charity reported income of £32k and spending of £52k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £90k to £32k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 334%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Release Financial Charity 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 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Sanctuary of God (£32k), Starfish Zambia (£33k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Solution Ground Parish (£32k).

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.