INDIA WELFARE SOCIETY

Registered charity 286800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I W S

To promote the relief of poverty, relief and distress specially in the Indian Community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY AND THE RELIEF OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8k
Latest spending
£6k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £813,599, primarily from donations, with total expenditure of £813,599. The charity reports unrestricted reserves (balance at bank) of £20,997 at the end of the financial year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£804k
Total spending
£793k
Reserves (reported)
£21k
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£8k£6k
31/12/2024£814k£793k
31/12/2023£524k£512k
31/12/2022£71k£69k
31/12/2021£10k£9k

Common questions

Is INDIA WELFARE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £813,599, primarily from donations, with total expenditure of £813,599. The charity reports unrestricted reserves (balance at bank) of £20,997 at the end of the financial year. Its FY2024 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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INDIAN WELFARE AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SINGH SABHA GURDWARA).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INDIA WELFARE SOCIETY£8k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INDIAN WELFARE AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SINGH SABHA GURDWARA) FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
FAIZ WELFARE AID FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
SITPON GUJARAT WELFARE TRUST FY2025£131k—0above—no doubt
VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025£759k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW INDIA CHURCH OF GOD (UK) FY2025£191k—0above0.0%no doubt

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