Wasafiri

Analysis

Wasafiri is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03236021). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wasafiri reported income of £177k and spending of £186k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £169k to £177k (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wasafiri sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ratby Co-Operative Band (£177k), Kashmir Muslim Welfare Association of Leeds 11 (£177k) and Worthing Symphony Orchestra (£176k).