DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1062638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEC, DEC SECRETARIAT, THE DEC

Latest income
£50.8m
Latest spending
£61.8m
Registered
1997

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£50.8m
Total spending
£61.8m
Cost of raising funds
£5.4m
Reserves (reported)
£17.8m
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£50.8m£61.8m
31/03/2024£32.9m£53.7m
31/03/2023£215.7m£262.4m
31/03/2022£274.3m£180.4m
31/03/2021£33.1m£24.7m

Common questions

Who funds DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE as a grant recipient include INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.K, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST, BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.KFY2023£150.0m
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.KFY2023£26.3m
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£804k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£388k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£150k
BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£125k
THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATIONFY2024£100k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATIONFY2022£100k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022£70k
THE TANLAW FOUNDATIONFY2023£52k
THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE AJS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50k
BC Partners FoundationFY2023£46k
THE CHARIS TRUSTFY2023£44k
Howden FoundationFY2023£34k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2022£30k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£25k
PEGASUSFY2022£25k
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE SHANLY FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£20k
THE AJS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£19k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£16k
MRS L D ROPE'S THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£15k
MRS L D ROPE'S THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£15k
THE BARRY AND PEGGY HIGH FOUNDATIONFY2023£12k
The Brindle FoundationFY2023£10k
ALTOR FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
CHK FoundationFY2024£10k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£6k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
ALTOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE TANLAW FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE BRITTEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE QUILTER FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE PAULINE AVIGES-GRAHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE BRITTEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE GIFFORDFY2022£2k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDGWAREFY2023£1k