Dasra UK

Analysis

Dasra UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 07158545). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dasra UK reported income of £346k and spending of £512k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £64k to £346k (+440%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2400%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dasra UK sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abergele Community Action Ltd (£345k), Winchester Food & Basics Bank (£346k) and Christ Central London (£345k).