Long Covid Sos

Analysis

Long Covid Sos is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in May 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Long Covid Sos reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £14k (+25%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Long Covid Sos sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NK and Beyond Missions International (£14k), Annie and Nellie Morton Charity (£14k) and The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust (£14k).