Poverty Truth Network
Analysis
Poverty Truth Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Poverty Truth Network reported income of £254k and spending of £308k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £81k to £254k (+213%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Poverty Truth Network sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Kingdom Murid Community (£254k), Fair Frome (£254k) and RCCG Amazing Grace Huntingdon (£254k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Poverty Truth Network supports local groups to establish new Poverty Truth Commissions across the UK; nurtures the work of local commissions; provides a strategic national response to factors that contribute to poverty that consistently emerge from the local commissions; and engages with a wider movement of organisations and programmes that seek to alleviate poverty in all its forms.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom Murid Community | Essex | £254k |
| Fair Frome | Somerset | £254k |
| RCCG Amazing Grace Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire | £254k |
| The Life Church - Maidstone | Maidstone | £254k |