Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association

Analysis

Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association reported income of £14k and spending of £11k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,095 to £14k (+1141%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 567%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Saddleworth Trust Fund (£13k), Kenyan School Fund (£14k) and Gateway Christian Fellowship (£13k).