Paddington Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Paddington Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Paddington Relief in Need Charity reported income of £24k and spending of £60k, spending 255% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £24k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 209% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Paddington Relief in Need Charity sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship (Ipswich) (£24k), Monmouth Diocese Mothers Union (£24k) and The West Family Charitable Trust (£24k).

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.