Lord Mayor's Poor and Distressed Fund

Analysis

Lord Mayor's Poor and Distressed Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in September 2011, 15 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lord Mayor's Poor and Distressed Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £9,564, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lord Mayor's Poor and Distressed Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Agnes Backhouse Annuity Fund (£16k), Ouston Christian Fellowship (£16k) and St Crispin's Church (£16k).