Sporle Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Sporle Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in King's Lynn. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sporle Relief in Need Charity reported income of £18k and spending of £13k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £18k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sporle Relief in Need Charity sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Mercy (£18k), Hospital Radio Basingstoke (£18k) and Grays Thurrock Rotary Club Trust Fund (£18k).