Salt and Light Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Salt and Light Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hockley. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Salt and Light Charitable Settlement reported income of £17k and spending of £120k, spending 708% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £17k to £17k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 441% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Salt and Light Charitable Settlement sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicester Westleigh Christadelphian Church Limited (£17k), The Tom Lethaby Memorial Trust (£17k) and Pakistan Forum Nottingham (£17k).

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.