Charlton Toy Library

Analysis

Charlton Toy Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Charlton Toy Library reported income of £32k and spending of £43k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £63k to £32k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charlton Toy Library sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southend Cap Debt Advice Centre (£32k), Place of Refuge Ministries International (£32k) and ChesterFamily Church (£32k).