The Ilchester Relief in Need and Educational Charity

Analysis

The Ilchester Relief in Need and Educational Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yeovil. It was registered in August 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, The Ilchester Relief in Need and Educational Charity reported income of £53k and spending of £55k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £53k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ilchester Relief in Need and Educational Charity sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association (£53k), St Bede with St Clement Toxteth (£53k) and Jesus the Voice of Hope Global Ministries (£53k).