Seva Street

Analysis

Seva Street is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Seva Street reported income of £25k and spending of £24k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £65k to £25k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Seva Street sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hug in a Bag (£25k), Birmingham Municipal Charity (£25k) and Fox Eadie Charitable Trust (£25k).