Be Reel (Building Empowerment: Rural Economic Engagement in Life)

Analysis

Be Reel (Building Empowerment: Rural Economic Engagement in Life) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Be Reel (Building Empowerment: Rural Economic Engagement in Life) reported income of £13k and spending of £26k, spending 199% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £54k to £13k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Be Reel (Building Empowerment: Rural Economic Engagement in Life) sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Occupy World Outreach Ministries (£13k), M E Whyte Bequest (£13k) and Restore Hope South West (£13k).

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.