Thegivingmachine

Analysis

Thegivingmachine is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09017447). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Thegivingmachine reported income of £382k and spending of £404k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £268k to £382k (+42%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 197%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Thegivingmachine sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Door Exmouth (£381k), Voluntary Action Camden (£389k) and The Goshen Trust (£381k).