Families Initiative for India (F.i.f.i.)

Analysis

Families Initiative for India (F.i.f.i.) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Families Initiative for India (F.i.f.i.) reported income of £22k and spending of £35k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £72k to £22k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Families Initiative for India (F.i.f.i.) sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kimbanguist Charity (£22k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Calvary Parish Aylesbury (£22k) and Make a Difference (Sri Lanka) Ltd (£22k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.