Helping Alleviate Poverty in South India

Analysis

Helping Alleviate Poverty in South India is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Helping Alleviate Poverty in South India reported income of £23k and spending of £32k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £10k to £23k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Helping Alleviate Poverty in South India sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doorways Middlesbrough (£23k), Black Ethnic Skills & Training Initiatives (£23k) and Moldova Matters Ltd. (£23k).