The Byfleet United Charity

Analysis

The Byfleet United Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Byfleet. It was registered in June 2016, 10 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Byfleet United Charity reported income of £645k and spending of £1.1m, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £530k to £645k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Byfleet United Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Leonards Youth and Community Centre (£645k), Young Women's Housing Project (£646k) and Brongate Ltd (£645k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, investments 7.8% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £86k. Reserves of £13.1m would cover about 141 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.