44ad

Analysis

44ad is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10902272). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 44ad reported income of £18k and spending of £27k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £26k to £18k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 100%. 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, 44ad sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hoopers Africa Trust (£18k), Seed Malawi (£18k) and Allotments for Labouring Poor (£18k).

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.