The Friends of Baale Mane Gopalapura

Analysis

The Friends of Baale Mane Gopalapura is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haslemere. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of Baale Mane Gopalapura reported income of £58k and spending of £64k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £62k to £58k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Friends of Baale Mane Gopalapura sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clean Rivers Trust (£58k), Nann-K Trust (£58k) and Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (£58k).

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.