Tropical Agriculture Association International

Analysis

Tropical Agriculture Association International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Stewart. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Tropical Agriculture Association International reported income of £25k and spending of £30k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £23k to £25k (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Tropical Agriculture Association International sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Budiriro Trust (£25k), St Albans Pentecostal (Aog) Church (£25k) and Onward Christian Centre (£24k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.