Poor Vicar's Charity

Analysis

Poor Vicar's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambs. It was registered in August 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Poor Vicar's Charity reported income of £44k and spending of £46k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £38k to £44k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Poor Vicar's Charity 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 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Angel Charitable Trust (£44k), Classrooms for Kenya (£44k) and The Society of Yoga Practitioners Ltd (£44k).