Samber Limited

Analysis

Samber Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 01365297). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Samber Limited reported income of £139k and spending of £314k, spending 225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £42k to £139k (+233%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 873%. Over the whole period it spent 191% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Samber Limited sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Church Woodbury (£139k), Shout WSK (£139k) and Portsmouth Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (£139k).

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.