The Asha Foundation

Analysis

The Asha Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mitcheldean. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03246746). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Asha Foundation reported income of £162k and spending of £1.4m, spending 894% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £547k to £162k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Asha Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Book - Cycle (£161k), Theatre for a Change Limited (£162k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew & St Mary Grantchester (£160k).