London Spark

Analysis

London Spark is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London Spark reported income of £27k and spending of £27k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £41k to £27k (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, London Spark sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clergy Rest Fund (£27k), Beth Hamidrash Zichron Yechezkel Limited (£27k) and United Family Community Church (£27k).

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.