DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK

Registered charity 1067406 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEDECINS DU MONDE UK

As part of the Medecins du Monde network we participate in delivering programmes in 77 countries.Through our health programmes and advocacy we work to ensure excluded people overcome barriers to realising their right to health.We provide life-saving humanitarian healthcare and work with vulnerable migrants, people at risk of harm and on projects that advance sexual and reproductive health.

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

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources increased by 32% to £2,258,021, driven primarily by international activities. Unrestricted reserves rose significantly to £354,221, which the trustees report represents three months of budgeted expenditure, demonstrating compliance with their reserves policy. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating expenditure (held: £354k)
“Doctors of the World UK’s reserves policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately three months of operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Doctors of the World UK (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.

CQC provider record: Doctors of the World UK — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 22/03/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£185k
Reserves (reported)
£354k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Armenia · Bulgaria · Burkina Faso · Greece · Morocco · Nepal · Niger · Philippines · Russia · Sierra Leone · Syria · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.3m£2.1m
31/12/2024£1.7m£1.7m
31/12/2023£1.2m£1.5m
31/12/2022£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2021£1.6m£1.6m

Common questions

Is DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources increased by 32% to £2,258,021, driven primarily by international activities. Unrestricted reserves rose significantly to £354,221, which the trustees report represents three months of budgeted expenditure, demonstrating compliance with their reserves policy. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON, CHOOSE LOVE, DISRUPT FOUNDATION, THE TOLKIEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust13/03/2026£30kA grant to Doctors of the World UK
A B Charitable Trust17/03/2025£30kA grant to Doctors of the World UK
A B Charitable Trust27/08/2024£4kA grant to Doctors of the World UK
A B Charitable Trust18/04/2024£30kA grant to Doctors of the World UK
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2023£244kMedical and casework support for asylum seekers and migrants
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£10kSpeaking Truth To Power
A B Charitable Trust20/01/2022£30kA grant to Doctors of the World
A B Charitable Trust21/01/2021£30kA grant to Doctors of the World
UK government09/10/2020£64kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
City Bridge Foundation28/11/2019£300kGrant to Doctors of the World UK
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2019£10kProject London: Improving Health Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2016£622kStrengthening community health and resilience, Nepal
City Bridge Foundation06/06/2013£50kGrant to Doctors of the World UK
City Bridge Foundation02/12/2010£25kGrant to Doctors of the World UK
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2007£120kProject London
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2007£9kImproving Access to Healthcare for Vulnerable Groups

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 WORLD MEDICAL FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK£2.3m——within—no doubt
WORLD MEDICAL FUND FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (UK) FY2024£95.3m£108,57432above15.8%no doubt
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS (UK) FY2025£136.4m——within—no doubt
CARERS WORLDWIDE FY2025£735k—0above—no doubt
MEDICAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL (UK) FY2025£935k—0within—no doubt

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