Rapid Relief Team

Analysis

Rapid Relief Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09288812). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rapid Relief Team reported income of £2.8m and spending of £4.5m, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.8m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rapid Relief Team sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Involve Northwest (£2.8m), B&Q Foundation (£2.8m) and The Angel Foundation (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, investments 3.3% and trading 2.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £31k. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.