Ardina Limited

Analysis

Ardina Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01005565). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ardina Limited reported income of £436k and spending of £148k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £213k to £436k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ardina Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Werneth and Freehold Community Development Project (£435k), Stroud District Foodbank CIO (£436k) and Transformation CPR (£435k).