The Rahere Association

Analysis

The Rahere Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00485984). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rahere Association reported income of £158k and spending of £275k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £173k to £158k (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rahere Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Help Counselling Services CIO (£158k), The Bingham Trust (£158k) and The Word House Christian Ministries (£158k).

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.