The Nazareth Way CIO

Analysis

The Nazareth Way CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Nazareth Way CIO reported income of £13k and spending of £39k, spending 291% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £52k to £13k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Nazareth Way CIO sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Marston Moretaine Charities (£13k), Ellerman Lines Benevolent Fund (£13k) and The Fareham Welfare Trust (£13k).

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.