Make a Difference (Sri Lanka) Ltd

Analysis

Make a Difference (Sri Lanka) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hounslow. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 07586350). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Make a Difference (Sri Lanka) Ltd reported income of £22k and spending of £30k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,172 to £22k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 288%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Make a Difference (Sri Lanka) Ltd sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Together Newcastle (£22k), Kimbanguist Charity (£22k) and The Jecta Trust (£22k).

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.