Samara's Aid Appeal

Analysis

Samara's Aid Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in February 2017, 9 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Samara's Aid Appeal reported income of £483k and spending of £317k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £364k to £483k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Samara's Aid Appeal sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Make Them Smile (£483k), Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd (£484k) and Stepping Stones (Luton) (£483k).