Ashiana Community Project

Analysis

Ashiana Community Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03251512). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ashiana Community Project reported income of £617k and spending of £893k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £960k to £617k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 256%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ashiana Community Project sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary Action - Swindon (£617k), Newstarts (£617k) and Christ Hope of Glory Ministries (£616k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and trading 17%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £697k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.