Knaresborough Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Knaresborough Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in February 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, Knaresborough Relief in Need Charity reported income of £28k and spending of £51k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £28k (+7.6%), an average of +1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Knaresborough Relief in Need Charity sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% 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 The Grand Order of Lady Ratlings 'cup of Kindness' (£28k), Ohel David (Li) (£28k) and Mothers Union (Diocese of Derby Branch) (£28k).

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.