Families Relief

Analysis

Families Relief is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Families Relief reported income of £458k and spending of £383k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £404k to £458k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Families Relief sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Help the Persecuted (£458k), Netherton Park Community Association (£459k) and Improving Lives Notts Ltd (£458k).