Child Poverty Action Group

Analysis

Child Poverty Action Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01993854). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Child Poverty Action Group reported income of £5.6m and spending of £5.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.9m to £5.6m (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Child Poverty Action Group sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Launchpad Social Enterprise (£5.6m), Musicians Benevolent Fund (£5.7m) and Chasdei Aharon Limited (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £280k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.3%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 67 people.