East Bergholt United Charities

Analysis

East Bergholt United Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, East Bergholt United Charities reported income of £56k and spending of £14k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £39k to £56k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East Bergholt United Charities sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedom Church (Ceredigion) (£56k), Ahavas Yisroel (Gateshead) (£56k) and Hounslow's Promise (£56k).