The Tibetan Education & Relief Association (Including Himalayan Communities)

Analysis

The Tibetan Education & Relief Association (Including Himalayan Communities) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Langholm. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Tibetan Education & Relief Association (Including Himalayan Communities) reported income of £12k and spending of £8,507, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £14k to £12k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Tibetan Education & Relief Association (Including Himalayan Communities) sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James Clifford Campling Trust (£12k), Nan Dimond Fund (£12k) and Art Beyond Belief (£12k).