Global Recordings Network UK

Analysis

Global Recordings Network UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in December 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Global Recordings Network UK reported income of £27k and spending of £49k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £160k to £27k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Global Recordings Network UK sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Baptist Union (£27k), Wragby Youth Centre Trust (£27k) and The Holybourne Complin Trust (£27k).

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.