The Shanta Foundation

Analysis

The Shanta Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05225251). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Shanta Foundation reported income of £736k and spending of £740k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £452k to £736k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 393%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Shanta Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asian Resource Centre of Croydon Limited (£736k), The Busoga Trust (£737k) and Carers Worldwide (£735k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £411k.

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.