EMERGE POVERTY FREE

Registered charity 1045672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMERGE POVERTY FREE (WORLD EMERGENCY RELIEF), WORLD EMERGENCY RELIEF

emerge poverty free is a UK-based international development organisation working alongside partner organisations in east Africa to address the basic needs for people living in poverty. We believe that investing in women and girls is critical to strengthening communities and enabling them to become self-reliant and independent from aid.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MAKING GRANTS AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES, OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE, WITH THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO OVERCOME POVERY. THESE OBJECTS ARE TO BE PURSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Get email alerts

Merged into Ripple Effect International (charity 299717) — merger registered 05/10/2022.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£246k
Latest spending
£245k
Registered
1995

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2021

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2020

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2019

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2019)

Total income
£741k
Total spending
£571k
Cost of raising funds
£75k
Reserves (reported)
£544k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Operates in: Rwanda · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2023——
30/06/2022——
30/06/2021£246k£245k
30/06/2020£408k£939k
30/06/2019£741k£571k