The Dewan Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Dewan Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04269631). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dewan Foundation Limited reported income of £428k and spending of £544k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £165k to £428k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 259% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dewan Foundation Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ray (Refugee Action York) (£427k), The Netzach Charitable Trust (£428k) and Oasis Charity Limited (£426k).

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.