SSG Sustainable Living

Analysis

SSG Sustainable Living is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, SSG Sustainable Living reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.8m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, SSG Sustainable Living sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Lambeth (£1.8m), YWCA England & Wales (£1.8m) and South West London Law Centres (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £912k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.