The Tibet Relief Fund of the United Kingdom

Analysis

The Tibet Relief Fund of the United Kingdom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03333193). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Tibet Relief Fund of the United Kingdom reported income of £502k and spending of £702k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £544k to £502k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Tibet Relief Fund of the United Kingdom sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz Ltd (£502k), Friends of Ibba Girls School, South Sudan (£502k) and Citizens Advice Mid Lincolnshire (£501k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91%, trading 6.2% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £70k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £308k. Reserves of £113k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.