THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the poverty, advance the education and protect and preserve the health of orphan, neglected, impoverished and/or sick children in need in Nepal and elsewhere in the world suffering from such hardship and distress through the provision of basic necessities (care, accommodation, clothing, food and medicine), educational tuition and equipment and the making of grants.

Causes: Education/training · General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£174k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £109,471 to £57,663 due to total expenditure of £173,620 exceeding total income of £121,812. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Total net assets are held entirely in unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Dusty Yak Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

MR PETER DYKESchair
Alex Acloque
MATTHEW WILLIAM HURLEY

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

Operates in: Nepal

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£122k	£174k
31/01/2024	£173k	£81k
31/01/2023	£24k	£73k
31/01/2022	£88k	£67k
31/01/2021	£36k	£31k

Common questions

Is THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £109,471 to £57,663 due to total expenditure of £173,620 exceeding total income of £121,812. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Total net assets are held entirely in unrestricted funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Grants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Grants to institutions for medical, health and sickness

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
DAVID FORBES-NIXON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DUST PROJECT.

THE DUST PROJECT income £199k
HIMALAYAN YOUTH FOUNDATION UK income £153k
THE KANGYUR RINPOCHE FOUNDATION income £464k
THE HIMALAYAN TRUST UK CIO income £263k
THE YAKAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £111k
NAYK FOUNDATION income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DUST PROJECT FY2024	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HIMALAYAN YOUTH FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KANGYUR RINPOCHE FOUNDATION FY2024	£464k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HIMALAYAN TRUST UK CIO FY2025	£263k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YAKAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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