Southeast Asian Outreach

Analysis

Southeast Asian Outreach is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Southeast Asian Outreach reported income of £89k and spending of £109k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £115k to £89k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southeast Asian Outreach sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lawrence Sheriff Almshouses (£89k), Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (£89k) and The Grateful Church (RCCG) (£89k).