The Nasio Trust

Analysis

The Nasio Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Nasio Trust reported income of £509k and spending of £508k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £336k to £509k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Nasio Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Guru Nanak Durbar (Sikh Temple), Erith & Belvedere, Kent (£508k), Claretian Missionaries Trust (£511k) and Farnham Vineyard (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £10k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.