Sylvia Lanka Foundation

Analysis

Sylvia Lanka Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sylvia Lanka Foundation reported income of £27k and spending of £31k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,479 to £27k (+314%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 528%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sylvia Lanka Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Joy of Learning (£27k), My Period Ltd (£27k) and Christ for All People Ministries (£27k).