HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL UK

Registered charity 1082565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HI UK, HUMANITY & INCLUSION UK

Humanity Inclusion UK (HI UK) is the operating name of Handicap International UK.Humanity & Inclusion is an independent aid organisation working alongside disabled and vulnerable people in around 60 countries affected by poverty, conflict and disaster.Our vision is a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.4m
Latest spending
£8.4m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 36% to £8.37m due to lower institutional grants and aid budget cuts. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £333,351, which is below its stated policy target of £373,540, though the Board determined no adjustment was necessary given support from the HI Federation. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,000 to £100,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Two employees received emoluments in range of £90,000 to £100,000 (2024: 2) on an annualised basis during the year.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two months of current UK activity costs (held: £333k)
“HI UK’s policy is to retain a reserve of £373,540, an equivalent of two months of current UK activity costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

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

Total income
£8.4m
Total spending
£8.4m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£374k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 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 (69% 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: 16.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Chad · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Egypt · Jordan · Lebanon · Libya · Madagascar · Morocco

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£8.4m£8.4m
31/12/2024£13.0m£13.0m
31/12/2023£8.1m£8.1m
31/12/2022£9.9m£9.9m
31/12/2021£10.3m£10.3m

Common questions

Is HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by 36% to £8.37m due to lower institutional grants and aid budget cuts. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £333,351, which is below its stated policy target of £373,540, though the Board determined no adjustment was necessary given support from the HI Federation. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,000 to £100,000 band.

Who funds HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL UK as a grant recipient include PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, THE TULA TRUST LIMITED, LEGACY OF WAR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UKFY2022£404kProgramme delivery in Sierra Leone
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£15k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£2k
LEGACY OF WAR FOUNDATIONFY2025£327Advocacy/Partnership

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Foundation Scotland02/04/2025£10kGrant to Humanity and Inclusion
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£400kRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£400kRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery09/02/2022£300kSpecial Grant 2022
Postcode Lottery03/02/2022£300kSpecial Award 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2014£500kSocio-economic inclusiveness - Siem Reap
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2009£527kAccess to quality education for disabled children in Kinshasa, DRC
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2008£8kAccess to quality education for disabled children in Kinshasa, DRC

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 HUMANITY FIRST UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL UK£8.4m£90,000 to £100,000—unclear—no doubt
HUMANITY FIRST UK FY2024£2.7m—0above—no doubt
HEALTH AND NUTRITION DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (HANDS) INTERNATIONAL FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT SUPPORT UK FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
HI-HAND FY2025£414k—0unclear—no doubt
HEAL HUMANITY LTD FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt

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