The Nayamba Trust

Analysis

The Nayamba Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty 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 December 2025, The Nayamba Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £75k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £57k to £49k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Nayamba Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kielder Limited (£49k), Richardson Homes (£49k) and Balliol Society (£49k).