The Social Policy Association

Analysis

The Social Policy Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Social Policy Association reported income of £219k and spending of £218k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £82k to £219k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Social Policy Association sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Joseph's Pre-School (£219k), Eton Pre-School (£220k) and Clackclose Pre-School (£219k).