'45 Aid Society Limited

Analysis

'45 Aid Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00847998). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, '45 Aid Society Limited reported income of £153k and spending of £262k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £347k to £153k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, '45 Aid Society Limited sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hainsford Charitable Foundation (£153k), Heyside Pre-School (£153k) and Littlestones Pre School (£153k).

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.