The Samaritan Fund

Analysis

The Samaritan Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Samaritan Fund reported income of £22k and spending of £9,737, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £22k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Samaritan Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Restoration House Ministries Foundation Trust (£22k), Calvary Love Christian Centre (£22k) and Chippenham and District Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund (£22k).