United Municipal Charities

Analysis

United Municipal Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, United Municipal Charities reported income of £11k and spending of £3,015, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,823 to £11k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United Municipal Charities 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Barnstaple Benevolent Fund (£11k), Hindu Religion Study Group, Leicester (£11k) and The Grips Branch Charity (£11k).