Prospect Burma CIO

Analysis

Prospect Burma CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. 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 March 2025, Prospect Burma CIO reported income of £696k and spending of £697k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £558k to £696k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Prospect Burma CIO sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Manchester High School for Girls General Charitable Trust (£696k), British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (£697k) and The Magistrates Association (£693k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and trading 1.6%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £88k. Reserves of £115k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 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.