GLOBAL NETWORK OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Registered charity 1141471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GNDR

The GNDR's activities centre around the collaborative action in support of implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) including the Views from the Frontline (VFL) initiative which produces reports of progress. The HFA was adopted in 2005 at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Hyogo, Japan, to substantially reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods caused by disasters.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY BY THE PREVENTION OF AND PROTECTION AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £152,273 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £424,527 to £272,254. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £329,320 remain well above the policy target of three months' expenditure (£236,389), and the trustees express confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern following cost reductions and new funding pledges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• European Union (EU) — “The EU funds our current Views from the Frontline project, running 2018-22.” (source page)
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) — “The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), through DKH.” (source page)
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) — “Sida is funding various projects during 2021-22 as part of our five-year strategy .” (source page)
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) — “SDC is contributing to the achievement of our five-year strategy , 2021-25.” (source page)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BZ), Netherlands — “Our previous donors have included: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BZ), Netherlands” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

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 (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Caroline Tiffen
• Ewout van den Blink
• Marianna Vargas de Freitas Cruz Leite
• Redempta Gatwiri Njeru
• Usha Murli Menon

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Algeria · Argentina · Armenia · Bangladesh · Benin · Bolivia · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUNDACAO FOCUS ASSISTENCIA HUMANITARIA EUROPA.

• FUNDACAO FOCUS ASSISTENCIA HUMANITARIA EUROPA income £3.3m
• HAFGB income £57k
• GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOUNDATION (GHRF) income £342k
• ARTICLE 25 income £991k
• THE UMEED WELFARE TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) income £238k
• WORLD HUMANITARIAN ACTION FORUM income £180k

Side by side with its peers

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