Desta Ethiopia

Analysis

Desta Ethiopia is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ross-On-Wye. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Desta Ethiopia reported income of £15k and spending of £14k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income fell from £44k to £15k (-66%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Desta Ethiopia sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thomas Herbert Clark's Charity (£15k), West Suffolk Group Riding for the Disabled Association (£15k) and Hawkshead Recreation Ground (£15k).