RELIEF INTERNATIONAL UK

Registered charity 1098106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELIEF UK

Relief International-UK (RI-UK) is a non-profit making, non-religious emergency relief, rehabilitation, and development organisation that provides timely and efficient services and material resources to assist victims of natural and man-made disasters worldwide.

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
£40.8m
Latest spending
£40.6m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to $1,268,300, with unrestricted funds at $599,167, representing 3.6 months of future non-project central expenditure. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by scenario planning and cost reductions. However, the document notes that income flows from donors remain a fundamental uncertainty, particularly following reductions in US aid.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 7
“There were 7 employees based in the UK whose annual emoluments were £60,000 ($75,306) or more in 2024 (2023: 10).” — page 34
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: unclear
“Total income for the year ending December 31, 2024, decreased by 25% to $51.2 million. Gifts in kind (GIK) income fell by 53% to $8.5 million, while income from charitable activities dropped by 15% to $42.7 million.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of non-project operational expenditure (held: £747k)
“The trustees have agreed that free reserves should normally be within a range of 3-6 months of non-project operational expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Relief International (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
£40.8m
Total spending
£40.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Burma · Chad · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Lebanon · Pakistan · Philippines · South Sudan · Sudan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£40.8m£40.6m
31/12/2023£53.7m£55.0m
31/12/2022£58.6m£58.8m
31/12/2021£67.7m£65.6m
31/12/2020£82.3m£84.1m

Common questions

Is RELIEF INTERNATIONAL UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves increased to $1,268,300, with unrestricted funds at $599,167, representing 3.6 months of future non-project central expenditure. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by scenario planning and cost reductions. However, the document notes that income flows from donors remain a fundamental uncertainty, particularly following reductions in US aid. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds RELIEF INTERNATIONAL UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RELIEF INTERNATIONAL UK as a grant recipient include PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK, OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UKFY2025£165kEthiopia
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UKFY2023£86kProgramme delivery in Ethiopia
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

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 INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.K.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RELIEF INTERNATIONAL UK£40.8m—7within—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.K FY2025£104.1m——within—no doubt
RELIEFUK LTD FY2025£254k—0unclear—no doubt
EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK FY2024£6.3m—0above—no doubt
AID INTERNATIONAL UK FY2024£260k—0unclear—no doubt
RELEASE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£3.7m£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt

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