TIGRAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 1018315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T D A, TDA

Education, health and general welfare.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE TIGRAY REGION OF ETHIOPIA

Area of benefit: IN THE TIGRAY REGION OF ETHIOPIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£107k
Latest spending
£149k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £147,516, which the Trustees consider sufficient to carry out 3 to 6 months of the organisation's main tasks. The charity reported a net deficit of £42,529 for the year, primarily driven by a significant drop in charitable costs expenditure compared to the previous year, while total incoming resources decreased from £124,601 to £106,524.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of main tasks (held: £148k)
“unrestricted funds held by the charity should not be more than the amount that would be enabling it to carry out 3 to 6 months’ main tasks of the organisation”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ethiopia · Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£107k£149k
30/09/2024£125k£25k
30/09/2023£177k£209k
30/09/2022£282k£173k
30/09/2021£356k£311k

Common questions

Is TIGRAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £147,516, which the Trustees consider sufficient to carry out 3 to 6 months of the organisation's main tasks. The charity reported a net deficit of £42,529 for the year, primarily driven by a significant drop in charitable costs expenditure compared to the previous year, while total incoming resources decreased from £124,601 to £106,524. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2016£10kPromoting Community Engagement Through Key Awareness Days
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2007£9kWorking with people affected by HIV/AIDS

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TORBAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TIGRAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM£107k—0within—no doubt
TORBAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD FY2025£2.7m—0below—no doubt
TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS FY2025£1.8mOver £60,0001unclear—no doubt
Mikuyu Tanzania FY2025£240k—0unclear10.8%no doubt
TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.