Ojaala Welfare Foundation

Analysis

Ojaala Welfare Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nelson. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 08656153). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ojaala Welfare Foundation reported income of £39k and spending of £47k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £49k to £39k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ojaala Welfare Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medway Plus (£39k), Ashley's Birthday Bank (£39k) and The Mothers' Union (Diocese of St Albans) (£39k).

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.