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SAVANNAH WISDOM

Registered charity 1141619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Savannah Wisdom supports individuals and organisations in three areas primarily; peacebuilding, issues regarding global inequality and social injustice. Grants are given to projects that are innovative and radical in their approach and challenge current thinking.

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

Latest income
£545k
Latest spending
£374k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £1,132,108 in unrestricted funds at the year end, with no restricted or committed funds. The trustees confirmed that a detailed reserves policy was deemed unnecessary as the foundation has no working capital costs, and net income exceeded expenditure by £180,268 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations
“Donations received amounted to £500,000 during the year.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£545k
Total spending
£374k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~36.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£545k£374k
30/04/2024£132k£258k
30/04/2023£40k£178k
30/04/2022£8k£161k
30/04/2021£9k£503k

Common questions

Is SAVANNAH WISDOM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £1,132,108 in unrestricted funds at the year end, with no restricted or committed funds. The trustees confirmed that a detailed reserves policy was deemed unnecessary as the foundation has no working capital costs, and net income exceeded expenditure by £180,268 during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)1£1.7m
WISDOM HOSPICE SUPPORT1£190k
SWANSEA C V S1£36k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST1£16k
SMALLWOOD TRUST1£8k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION1£4k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Wisdom Hospice Charity.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAVANNAH WISDOM£545k—0unclear—no doubt
Wisdom Hospice Charity FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
CHONYI WISDOM CHARITY FY2025£279k—0above—no doubt
WISDOM HOUSE FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
WISDOM HOSPICE SUPPORT FY2025£672k—0above—no doubt
SARWAN SINGH BAHRA TRUST FY2025£226k—0unclear—noted

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