The United Charities

Analysis

The United Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromsgrove. It was registered in June 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The United Charities reported income of £334k and spending of £449k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £235k to £334k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The United Charities sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust (£334k), Volunteer Centre Greenwich (£335k) and M St J Way Charitable Trust (£334k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.