Gadsby Charities

Analysis

Gadsby Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in May 1986, 40 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.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Gadsby Charities reported income of £23k and spending of £15k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £22k to £23k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 487%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gadsby Charities sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Contrasting Horizons Limited (£23k), Furnihelp Mid Sussex (£23k) and Kollel Yisroel Yitzchok (£23k).