The Places Foundation

Analysis

The Places Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01284754). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Places Foundation reported income of £996k and spending of £801k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £767k to £996k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Places Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Masons' Charity (£996k), Shaykel Esuh (£996k) and Save the Family Ltd (£995k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, trading 17% and investments 7.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £458k.