Dalaid

Analysis

Dalaid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03334635). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dalaid reported income of £36k and spending of £90k, spending 247% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £994k to £36k (-96%), an average of -56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 521%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dalaid sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Falah Trust UK (£36k), New Life Christian Fellowship (£36k) and Project Embabazi (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.