Khalsa Aid International

Analysis

Khalsa Aid International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Khalsa Aid International reported income of £3.4m and spending of £4.2m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.0m to £3.4m (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Khalsa Aid International sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orchard Vale Trust Limited (£3.4m), Shropshire Wildlife Trust (£3.4m) and Denville Hall 2012 (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84% and investments 16%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. Reserves of £13.1m would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.