Thurston Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Thurston Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in August 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Thurston Relief in Need Charity reported income of £12k and spending of £9,796, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £12k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 143936%. Over the whole period it spent 10% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Thurston Relief in Need Charity sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Umuada Ngwa Charitable Trust (£12k), Wythenshawe Community Media (£12k) and East African Women's Actions (£12k).