HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1059951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELP THE NEEDY

Our Charity set out to do: General Charitable Purposes, Education/ Training, Medical/Health/Sickness, Disability, Relief pf Poverty, Overseas aid/Famine relief, Accommodation/HousingOur charity helps: Women, Children/ Young People, Elderly/Old People, People with Disability/Special Need, Other Charities/ Voluntary Bodies, General Public/Mankind

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £31,641 for the year ended 28 February 2025, driven by expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, donations received were lower than the previous year, though unrestricted reserves remained substantial at £782,665.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by K K Associates. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Help the Needy (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£783k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · Iraq · Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£2.6m£2.6m
29/02/2024£3.1m£3.2m
28/02/2023£2.1m£2.3m
28/02/2022£2.1m£2.9m
28/02/2021£5.1m£4.6m

Common questions

Is HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £31,641 for the year ended 28 February 2025, driven by expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, donations received were lower than the previous year, though unrestricted reserves remained substantial at £782,665. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by K K Associates.

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
AMUD HATZDOKOH TRUST1£121k
TEHILOIS YOEL1£2k
GREEN CRESCENT AID UK1£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELP IN NEED TODAY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
HELP IN NEED TODAY FY2025£558k—0unclear—no doubt
STRIVE 2 HELP FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY FY2025£463k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE FOR MANKIND FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSEMARIE NATHANSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£376k—0unclear—no doubt

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