Drukpa UK

Analysis

Drukpa UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2007, 19 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06326093). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Drukpa UK reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,252 to £11k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Drukpa UK sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire Mark Benevolent Association (£11k), Hinckley (Christ Church) Trust the Charity of Richard Hinckley and Arthur Hinckley (£11k) and Brimpton Baptist Church (£11k).

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.