Western Sahara Support Group

Analysis

Western Sahara Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Peak. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Western Sahara Support Group reported income of £21k and spending of £11k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £23k to £21k (-9.4%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Western Sahara Support Group sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alglen Limited (£21k), Henry Rogers Almshouse Charity (£21k) and Ditchingham United Charities (£21k).