Davenant Foundation

Analysis

Davenant Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01799707). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Davenant Foundation reported income of £184k and spending of £133k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £261k to £184k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Davenant Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Akhter Educational Foundation (£184k), Quwwatul Islam Hemel Hempstead (£185k) and The Apostolic Faith Mission International Ministries UK (£184k).