The Friends of Seva Mandir

Analysis

The Friends of Seva Mandir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of Seva Mandir reported income of £24k and spending of £49k, spending 203% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £65k to £24k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Friends of Seva Mandir sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Three Dogs (£24k), Caerau and Ely Sports Trust (£24k) and The Luney Club (£24k).