German Welfare Council

Analysis

German Welfare Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 December 2025, German Welfare Council reported income of £131k and spending of £145k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £131k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, German Welfare Council sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Rabbinical (£131k), Trinity Community Church Hinckley (£131k) and Coventry Vineyard (£131k).