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GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1142624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBAL CARE VOLUNTEERS, Global Care

The relief of those in need, around the world, by reason of poverty, discrimination, maltreatment, youth ill health disability or other disadvantage, especially vulnerable children. We also run charity shops to help fund our work overseas.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£943k
Latest spending
£968k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,244 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £722,322 to £686,078. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £136,710 are held, which exceeds their stated policy target of £44,000, and that assets are considered adequate to meet all obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £44,000 (held: £137k)
“Following a review of the needs of the charity, it was determined that a free reserve of £44,000 should be held by the charity. (This is based on the approximate wind-up costs).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income
£943k
Total spending
£968k
Cost of raising funds
£149k
Reserves (reported)
£32k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · Cambodia · Coventry City · Ethiopia · Guatemala · India · Kenya · Lebanon · Malawi · South Sudan · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£943k£968k
31/03/2024£857k£899k
31/03/2023£1.6m£909k
31/03/2022£93k£82k
31/03/2021£113k£75k

Common questions

Is GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,244 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £722,322 to £686,078. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £136,710 are held, which exceeds their stated policy target of £44,000, and that assets are considered adequate to meet all obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION, THE S M B TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDFY2024£50kSingle Institutional Project Grants
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£13kOverseas education
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2025£5k
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2024£5k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£3k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDFY2025£0Single institutional project grants