The Andover Charities

Analysis

The Andover Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 1962, 64 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Andover Charities reported income of £135k and spending of £124k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £135k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Andover Charities sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Enderby Life Church (£135k), Cambridge Aid (£135k) and A H Boulton Trust (£135k).