Pause Creating Space for Change

Analysis

Pause Creating Space for Change is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09703298). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pause Creating Space for Change reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.6m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.8m to £2.4m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pause Creating Space for Change 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kerem Schools (£2.4m), The Royal Economic Society (£2.4m) and Bnos Zion D'bobov Limited (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and charitable activities 14%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £489k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.

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.