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GLOBAL BRIGADES UK

Registered charity 1132015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBAL BRIGADES

The aim of the charity is to coordinate volunteer efforts and contribute resources to underserved communities to relieve problems caused by poverty, hunger, access to healthcare, public health infrastructure, lack of education, and environmental degradation while preserving such communities' culture, to educate the public and to carry on other charitable activities associated with these goals.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY GHANA. HONDURAS AND PANAMA BY:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;(C) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; AND(D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.SIGNED:

Area of benefit: GHANA. HONDURAS AND PANAMA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£77k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £4,456 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining 12 months of average operating expenses (circa £6,000). The charity reported a net expenditure of £19,919 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £24,375 to £4,456.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of average operating expenses (held: £4k)
“Reserves aim to be maintained at 12 months of average operating expenses which currently represents circa £6,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant funding provided to sister organisations for brigade implementation.
“We provide grant funding to the following sister organisations for brigade implementation; Asociacion Global Brigadas de Honduras, Global Brigades Inc, Global Brigades Ghana, Fundacion Brigadas Globales de Panama and Global Brigades Association” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Global Brigades UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ghana · Greece · Honduras · Nicaragua · Panama

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£61k£77k
30/09/2024£61k£77k
30/09/2023£84k£82k
30/09/2022£64k£72k
30/09/2021£36k£18k

Common questions

Is GLOBAL BRIGADES UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £4,456 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining 12 months of average operating expenses (circa £6,000). The charity reported a net expenditure of £19,919 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £24,375 to £4,456. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.