Sahan International Relief Association

Analysis

Sahan International Relief Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 08100363). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Sahan International Relief Association reported income of £17k and spending of £545, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £36k to £17k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sahan International Relief Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Pancras Corporation Charity Society (£17k), The National Federation of Occupational Pensioners Welfare Fund (£17k) and Pontypool Development Trust (£17k).