Woking Besom

Analysis

Woking Besom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woking Besom reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £15k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Woking Besom sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poverty Should Not Exist (£15k), Not Just Sundaes Ltd (£15k) and Zichron Pinchas (£15k).

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.