The Old Needle Works Foundation

Analysis

The Old Needle Works Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redditch. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Old Needle Works Foundation reported income of £361k and spending of £333k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £261k to £361k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Old Needle Works Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moonlight Trust (£361k), The Grant Bradley Charitable Trust (£361k) and Demand Design and Manufacture for Disability (£361k).