Purple Shoots Business Lending Ltd

Analysis

Purple Shoots Business Lending Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08603690). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Purple Shoots Business Lending Ltd reported income of £450k and spending of £563k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £158k to £450k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 341%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Purple Shoots Business Lending Ltd sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Palmtree Foundation Trust Limited (£450k), Kent Muslim Welfare Association Limited (£450k) and Mishkan Yerushulayim (£450k).