The Kachin Relief Fund

Analysis

The Kachin Relief Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Feltham. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Kachin Relief Fund reported income of £82k and spending of £64k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £80k to £82k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kachin Relief Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Laugharne Corporation Lands (£82k), Hillingdon Borough Central Mosque and Community Services (£82k) and Beacon (Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern) (£82k).