Shishukunj

Analysis

Shishukunj is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shishukunj reported income of £480k and spending of £722k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £296k to £480k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shishukunj sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include It Takes a City (Cambridge) (£479k), United Nations Association - UK (£480k) and Oldham Foodbank (£479k).