Kerala Cultural and Welfare Association (Kcwa)

Analysis

Kerala Cultural and Welfare Association (Kcwa) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kerala Cultural and Welfare Association (Kcwa) reported income of £60k and spending of £60k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £60k (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kerala Cultural and Welfare Association (Kcwa) 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 RCCG Stillwaters, Clacton (£60k), The Global Peacemakers (£60k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Victory House for All Nations (£60k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.