The Poors Estate and Apprenticing Charity

Analysis

The Poors Estate and Apprenticing Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Poors Estate and Apprenticing Charity reported income of £28k and spending of £25k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £28k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Poors Estate and Apprenticing Charity sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Social and Economic Action Resource of Churches in Hull and District (£28k), Split Infinitive Trust (£28k) and Newground Foundation (£28k).