Dawn International Support Committee

Analysis

Dawn International Support Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07896482). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Dawn International Support Committee reported income of £25k and spending of £26k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £12k to £25k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 217% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dawn International Support Committee sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Robert Parker's Charity (£25k), Broadheath Community Association (£25k) and Stamford St George's Church Charities (£25k).

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.