Pelican Parcels

Analysis

Pelican Parcels is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in September 2018, 8 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pelican Parcels reported income of £445k and spending of £342k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £37k to £445k (+1108%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pelican Parcels sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewsey Christian Centre (£445k), Redeemed Christian Church of God - RCCG House of Mercy, Aylesbury (£445k) and John a Thompson Memorial Trust (£444k).