Ashram Community Trust

Analysis

Ashram Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staines-upon-Thames. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04779914). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashram Community Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £119k, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £50k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ashram Community Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Church, Plymouth (£50k), Monkchester Community Association CIO (£50k) and The Chabura Limited (£50k).

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.