The New England Company

Analysis

The New England Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The New England Company reported income of £530k and spending of £745k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £353k to £530k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The New England Company sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lieutenancy of England and Wales of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (£528k), The Cecil Rosen Foundation (£531k) and Hafs Academy Trust (£528k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate.

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.