It's a Penalty

Analysis

It's a Penalty is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leatherhead. It was registered in May 2015, 11 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 makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, It's a Penalty reported income of £1.1m and spending of £944k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £938k to £1.1m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, It's a Penalty sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Church (Newtown) (£1.1m), Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (£1.1m) and Manchester and Warrington Area Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends) (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £195k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.