The Saffron Lane Neighbourhood Council

Analysis

The Saffron Lane Neighbourhood Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Saffron Lane Neighbourhood Council reported income of £357k and spending of £299k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £371k to £357k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Saffron Lane Neighbourhood Council sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include He Lives Bible Church - Glorious Church (£357k), New Life (Scunthorpe) (£358k) and The Wharfedale Vineyard Christian Fellowship (£357k).