Poor's Estate

Analysis

Poor's Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training 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, Poor's Estate reported income of £10k and spending of £4,513, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,979 to £10k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Poor's Estate sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspirations Southend (£10k), Edith Lucy Woodward Charitable Trust (£10k) and Yarwell United Charities (£10k).