Firstfruit Ventures

Analysis

Firstfruit Ventures is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worthing. It was registered in February 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13560206). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Firstfruit Ventures reported income of £79k and spending of £59k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2023 to August 2025, income fell from £158k to £79k (-50%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Firstfruit Ventures sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Kent Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (£79k), Zichron Yecheskel Trust (Zyt) (£79k) and Salesian Hearts Advocating the Relief of Poverty by Education (Known by the Acronym Share) (£79k).