Save the Family Ltd

Analysis

Save the Family Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01908006). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Save the Family Ltd reported income of £995k and spending of £1.2m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £995k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Save the Family Ltd 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 The Western Charitable Foundation (£995k), Bristol Masons' Charity (£996k) and Institute for the Future of Work (£993k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67%, charitable activities 30% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Reserves of £148k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

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.