St Albans Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

St Albans Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1987, 39 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 makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Albans Relief in Need Charity reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £14k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Albans Relief in Need Charity sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tilehurst Junior Youth Club (£14k), The Anglo-Portuguese Society (£14k) and British Friends of Kollel Rabbi Yechiel (£14k).

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.