HM Forage

Analysis

HM Forage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in November 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, HM Forage reported income of £11k and spending of £7,723, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £19k to £11k (-42%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, HM Forage sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mark Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire Benevolent Fund (£11k), The Hunar Foundation UK (£11k) and East Tilbury Relief in Need Charity (£11k).