Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited

Analysis

Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06382888). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited reported income of £55k and spending of £48k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6,000 to £55k (+812%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 565%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Dacorum (£55k), Tumaini Kwa Watoto (£55k) and The Beth Hamedrash Satmar Trust (£55k).