Pawnbrokers Charitable Institution

Analysis

Pawnbrokers Charitable Institution is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Pawnbrokers Charitable Institution reported income of £122k and spending of £202k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £118k to £122k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 153% 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, Pawnbrokers Charitable Institution sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George the Martyr, Shirley (£122k), The Charter 600 Charity (£122k) and The Hercules Foundation (£122k).

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.