Birah Trust

Analysis

Birah Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birah Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £54k to £14k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 177% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birah Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Malawi Schools Project (£14k), Fosdyke Parochial Charities (£15k) and Eket Community Union of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (£14k).

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.