FUNDACAO FOCUS ASSISTENCIA HUMANITARIA EUROPA

Registered charity 1054174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOCUS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, FOCUS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EUROPE FOUNDATION

Provide community-based disaster risk mitigation.Provide emergency relief support services/aid during and following natural and/or man made disasters

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

Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,713,031 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £1,664,574. The trustees report that these unrestricted funds, combined with expected donations and grants, are sufficient to cover management, administration, and support costs as well as emergency responses. The independent auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover management, administration and support costs and to respond to emergencies (held: £1.7m)
“FOCUS Europe maintains unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity. The total amount of unrestricted reserves held at 31 December, which together with expected donations and grants should provide sufficient funds to cover management, administration and support costs and to respond to emergencies, which arise from time to time during financial year cycle.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FOCUS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EUROPE (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Portugal

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.3m£3.3m
31/12/2023£3.7m£4.0m
31/12/2022£3.8m£3.5m
31/12/2021£3.7m£2.6m
31/12/2020£1.8m£2.1m

Common questions

Is FUNDACAO FOCUS ASSISTENCIA HUMANITARIA EUROPA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,713,031 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £1,664,574. The trustees report that these unrestricted funds, combined with expected donations and grants, are sufficient to cover management, administration, and support costs as well as emergency responses. The independent auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

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
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
SSP FOUNDATION1£3k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FUNDACAO FOCUS ASSISTENCIA HUMANITARIA EUROPA£3.3m——above—no doubt
EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK FY2024£6.3m—0above—no doubt
THE UMEED WELFARE TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt
FIRDOUS FOUNDATION FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMSTED ROTARY TRUST FUND CIO FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OVAL CRICKET RELIEF TRUST FY2024£104k—0unclear—no doubt

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