Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity reported income of £146k and spending of £200k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £225k to £146k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Reverend Dr Thomas White's Charity (£146k), Sant Ishar Singh Ji Rara Sahib (£146k) and Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre (£145k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.