Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan

Analysis

Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan reported income of £203k and spending of £373k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from £239k to £203k (-15%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Levenshulme Inspire Foundation (£202k), Chasdei Yitzok Charities Limited (£203k) and Day's and Atkinson's Almshouse Charity (£202k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.