Friends of Albella Boys Home, Darjeeling

Analysis

Friends of Albella Boys Home, Darjeeling is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Friends of Albella Boys Home, Darjeeling reported income of £43k and spending of £48k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £49k to £43k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Albella Boys Home, Darjeeling 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 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation (£43k), India Direct (£43k) and Folkestone, Dover and Hythe Samaritans (£43k).