Thenmaradchi Development Association

Analysis

Thenmaradchi Development Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Thenmaradchi Development Association reported income of £23k and spending of £14k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £49k to £23k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 506%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Thenmaradchi Development Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% 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 The Margaret Foundation (£23k), Asian Womens Project Limited (£23k) and The Shirley and Ian Watson Charitable Trust (£23k).