Best Choice

Analysis

Best Choice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Best Choice reported income of £80k and spending of £80k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £40k to £80k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Best Choice sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CLWB Plant Brynaman Kids Club (£80k), Valley Church Andover Trust (£81k) and Amazing Graze (£80k).