Third House

Analysis

Third House is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Third House reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £35k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Third House sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rockstand International Church (£35k), Orphans in the Wild (£35k) and The Rainbow Project Plymouth (£35k).

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.