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PEACE DIRECT

Registered charity 1123241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Peace Direct finds, funds & promotes local peacebuilding. We find & fund committed, pragmatic and effective individuals and organisations working at the frontline of conflict. We support and promote their work, believing it is critical their message is heard and their knowledge shared. We believe that local peacebuilding should be at the centre of all strategies for managing conflict resolution.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£4.4m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 16.5% to £5,286,752, driven largely by a new eight-year grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The charity reported a net surplus of £901,446 and held unrestricted reserves of £860,582, which the trustees note are equivalent to 5.24 months of operating expenditure, sitting above their minimum policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Trusts and Foundations (64% of income)
“trust and foundation grants £3,385,608 64.0% (2023 £3,612,518 80.4%)” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of free reserves (held: £861k)
“The Trustees consider three month’s free reserves as the minimum level that should be maintained, with six month’s operating costs as the target.” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Transfer to affiliate Peace Direct Inc
“During the year, Peace Direct transferred £253,093 to our affiliate in the United States, Peace Direct Inc. (2023: £336,443). At year-end, £13,278 was owed to this organisation (£11,396: 2023 owed by this organisation)” — page 58
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Peace Direct (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£4.4m
Cost of raising funds
£293k
Reserves (reported)
£861k
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Burma · Burundi · Central African Republic · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Hackney · Mali · Nigeria · Pakistan · Philippines · Somalia · South Sudan · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£5.3m£4.4m
31/12/2023£4.5m£4.1m
31/12/2022£4.3m£4.0m
31/12/2021£3.9m£3.4m
31/12/2020£4.1m£3.8m

Common questions

Is PEACE DIRECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 16.5% to £5,286,752, driven largely by a new eight-year grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The charity reported a net surplus of £901,446 and held unrestricted reserves of £860,582, which the trustees note are equivalent to 5.24 months of operating expenditure, sitting above their minimum policy target of three months. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds PEACE DIRECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEACE DIRECT as a grant recipient include POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, H C D MEMORIAL FUND, NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£150k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£150k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£150k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£102kMaintaining Peace Direct’s UK policy and advocacy capacity during a turbulent period
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100kMaintaining Peace Direct’s UK policy and advocacy momentum
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£30kReligion
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£24kPeacebuilding
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£20kPeacebuilding
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£20kPeacebuilding
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£19kFast Track
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£17kChristmas Challenge
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£17kPeace Pool
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022£16kPrisons/Community
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2021£15kPeace work
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£15k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£15kSocial
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£15kSocial
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£13kReligion
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£10kCentenary
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£10k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£1.1mRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery28/02/2023£1.0mRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery09/02/2022£900kRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2014£470kRebuilding lives in eastern DR Congo

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
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£500k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£288k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION1£223k
Tinsley Charitable Trust1£175k
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION1£150k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£107k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION1£71k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£68k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONCORDIS INTERNATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEACE DIRECT£5.3m——above—no doubt
CONCORDIS INTERNATIONAL TRUST FY2024£732k——unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL ALERT FY2025£15.5m——above—no doubt
PEACEFUL CHANGE INITIATIVE FY2025£3.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—noted
CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS FY2025£1.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
WAGING PEACE FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt

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