High Five

Analysis

High Five is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chorley. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, High Five reported income of £19k and spending of £25k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £31k to £19k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, High Five sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mary Warner's Charity (£19k), Lady Anne Morton's Almshouse (£19k) and Children's Boot Fund (£19k).

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.