Lakshmi-Narayana Trust

Analysis

Lakshmi-Narayana Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lakshmi-Narayana Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £873k to £1.7m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Lakshmi-Narayana Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Afrikids Limited (£1.6m), Pratham UK (£1.7m) and The Ethiopian Orthodox Church St Mary of Zion (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £800k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.