The Upholders Charity

Analysis

The Upholders Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11767681). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Upholders Charity reported income of £137k and spending of £114k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £141k to £137k (-3.1%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Upholders Charity sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Haydon Wick (£137k), Calvary Deliverance Ministries (£137k) and Open Hands (£137k).