Apt Action on Poverty

Analysis

Apt Action on Poverty is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01872538). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Apt Action on Poverty reported income of £758k and spending of £676k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £941k to £758k (-19%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Apt Action on Poverty sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sumerian Foundation (£758k), All Nations Christian Centre (Wolverhampton) (£758k) and Sisters of the Holy Family (£758k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86% and donations and legacies 13%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £467k. Reserves of £161k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.