Paddington Charitable Estate

Analysis

Paddington Charitable Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Paddington Charitable Estate reported income of £102k and spending of £23k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £91k to £102k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Paddington Charitable Estate sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West View Project - Children & Young People's Activity Centre Limited (£101k), South Hill Church (Hemel Hempstead) (£102k) and Shri Guru Ravidass Cultural Association of Erith and Belvedere (£101k).