Buntingford Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Buntingford Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buntingford. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, 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, Buntingford Relief in Need Charity reported income of £64k and spending of £39k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £51k to £64k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 307%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Buntingford Relief in Need Charity sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El-Bethel Ministry (£64k), Pne Foundation (£64k) and Home-Start Dudley (£64k).