Burma Aid

Analysis

Burma Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending May 2026, Burma Aid reported income of £85k and spending of £89k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income grew from £83k to £85k (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Burma Aid sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gym Possible (£84k), Krishan Anand Hospital Trust (£85k) and Towards Tomorrow Together (£84k).