Friends of Ludhiana

Analysis

Friends of Ludhiana is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00497421). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Ludhiana reported income of £67k and spending of £63k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £48k to £67k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 353%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Friends of Ludhiana sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heathfield Trust (£67k), Ridley Hall Evangelical Church (£67k) and Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Redcar (£67k).