Turkish Students Welfare Charity

Analysis

Turkish Students Welfare Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Turkish Students Welfare Charity reported income of £97k and spending of £67k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £37k to £97k (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 596%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Turkish Students Welfare Charity sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Victory Centre Leeds (£97k), Christ Followers International Church (£97k) and St Theodore Ecclesiastical Trust (£97k).