Friends of Sylhet

Analysis

Friends of Sylhet is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in July 2007, 19 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Sylhet reported income of £25k and spending of £26k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £25k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Sylhet sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Naheed Charitable Foundation Trust (£25k), The Christian Blandford Fund (£25k) and Bloomsbury Network (£24k).