Grumpy Givers

Analysis

Grumpy Givers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in September 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Grumpy Givers reported income of £174k and spending of £193k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £248k to £174k (-30%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Grumpy Givers sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lower Wharfe (£174k), The Julian Taylor Charitable Trust (£174k) and Capstone Investment Advisors Foundation UK (£174k).