Gujarati Arya Association, Leicester

Analysis

Gujarati Arya Association, Leicester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gujarati Arya Association, Leicester reported income of £102k and spending of £52k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £102k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gujarati Arya Association, Leicester sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North West Kent Muslim Association (£102k), Uckfield Foodbank (£102k) and South Hill Church (Hemel Hempstead) (£102k).