Waste Not Want Not Battersea

Analysis

Waste Not Want Not Battersea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Waste Not Want Not Battersea reported income of £42k and spending of £71k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £77k to £42k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Waste Not Want Not Battersea sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewisham Polish Centre (£42k), Sheffield St.george Indian Orthodox Church (£42k) and Wanstead and Woodford Migrant Support (£42k).