United by Wool - Helping Those in Need

Analysis

United by Wool - Helping Those in Need is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, United by Wool - Helping Those in Need reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £43k to £21k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United by Wool - Helping Those in Need sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ministry of Empowerment (£21k), The Molyneux and Warbrick Charity (£21k) and Kajokeji Educational Trust Africa (£21k).

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.