Palan Foundation

Analysis

Palan Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07491521). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Palan Foundation reported income of £34k and spending of £271k, spending 799% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £60k to £34k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 837%. Over the whole period it spent 331% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Palan Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stoke on Trent Muslim Welfare and Community Association (£34k), Holbeach United Charity (£34k) and BSSN Foundation (£34k).

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.