MAUNDY RELIEF

Registered charity 1181743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide an immediate and sustained response to poverty and need in the local community and to support the ongoing wellbeing of those we encounter. main activities include a foodbank, a welfare benefit advice service, a counselling service, housing advice and support and a nurse led health advice and advocacy service.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN HYNDBURN AND SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING: ITEMS, SERVICES AND SMALL GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£597k
Latest spending
£583k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £308,224 against a policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £38,374 for the year, with total income of £668,574 and total expenditure of £630,200.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three month’s operating costs (held: £308k)
“The Charity aims to ensure that it holds a minimum of three month’s operating costs in reserve.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Maundy Relief (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£597k
Total spending
£583k
Reserves (reported)
£80k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£597k£583k
31/03/2025£669k£630k
31/03/2024£612k£604k
31/03/2023£578k£552k
31/03/2022£609k£592k

Common questions

Is MAUNDY RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £308,224 against a policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £38,374 for the year, with total income of £668,574 and total expenditure of £630,200. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/08/2024£350kBPS at Maundy
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2021£9kMaundy Connected