Five K Foundation

Analysis

Five K Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Five K Foundation reported income of £180k and spending of £217k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £243k to £180k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Five K Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (£180k), Shalheves (£180k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Christ Assembly (£180k).

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.