Beauty Banks

Analysis

Beauty Banks is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in August 2019, 7 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 company (Companies House number 11819908). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Beauty Banks reported income of £290k and spending of £333k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £424k to £290k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Beauty Banks sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Godfirst Church Cheltenham (£290k), The Royal Caledonian Education Trust (£291k) and Blackpool Food Bank (£290k).

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.