Asian Welfare Trust

Analysis

Asian Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Asian Welfare Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £30k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2025 to March 2026, income grew from £7,586 to £28k (+270%), an average of +270% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 270%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Asian Welfare Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Franklyn's Almshouses (Including Subsidiary Charity of Mary Rosamond Walter) (£28k), Jacob's Well (Derby) (£28k) and 58:12 (£28k).