Village Rwanda UK

Analysis

Village Rwanda UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Aycliffe. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Village Rwanda UK reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £13k to £16k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Village Rwanda UK sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Desmond Harris Charitable Trust (£16k), Cambridge Jewish Residents Association (£16k) and British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Charitable Trust (£16k).