The Grips Branch Charity

Analysis

The Grips Branch Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Greenford. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Grips Branch Charity reported income of £11k and spending of £9,543, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £13k to £11k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Grips Branch Charity sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Orthodox Church of St Columba and St Kentigern (£11k), The Rotary Club of Barnstaple Benevolent Fund (£11k) and Mary Hollon Annuity and Relief in Need Fund (£11k).