Pragya

Analysis

Pragya is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pragya reported income of £496k and spending of £474k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £529k to £496k (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pragya sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Parkinson's Care and Support UK (£495k), Cancer Help (Preston) Limited (£496k) and Faces Bedford (£495k).