Sierra Leone Development and Relief Aid

Analysis

Sierra Leone Development and Relief Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Sierra Leone Development and Relief Aid reported income of £14k and spending of £10k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £2,338 to £14k (+505%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 393%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sierra Leone Development and Relief Aid sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Righteous Nation (£14k), Friends of Manor Green (£14k) and Notts LGBT + Network (£14k).