South London Christmas Dinner

Analysis

South London Christmas Dinner is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2021, 5 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, South London Christmas Dinner reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £16k to £11k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South London Christmas Dinner 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Wilding Galloway Fund for the Provision of a Church Worker (£11k), Adventure Holidays (£11k) and Merrykids Foundation (£11k).