EMERGENCY-LIFE SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF WAR AND POVERTY,UK

Registered charity 1148818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMERGENCY UK

PROVIDES FREE HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO VICTIMS OF WAR AND POVERTY.RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO OPERATE IN CONFLICT AND POST CONFLICT ZONES.FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR SUPPORTING HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY EMERGENCY ITALIACONFERENCES TO PROMOTE EMERGENCY UK PROJECTS, CULTURE OF PEACE AND HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS OF FREE HEALTHCARE

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£895k
Latest spending
£833k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £178,005, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £25,000 (three months of core expenditures). The charity reported a surplus of £61,869 for the year, driven by a large donation from the Randal Charitable Foundation, and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“During the year the charity received donations from trustees totalling £25,000 (2024: £120,000), of which £Nil (2023: £5,000) was donated with restrictions.” — page 27
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 — EMERGENCY (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£895k
Total spending
£833k
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£179k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Central African Republic · Iraq · Italy · Sierra Leone · Sudan · Throughout London · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£895k£833k
31/05/2024£454k£502k
31/05/2023£353k£539k
31/05/2022£699k£531k
31/05/2021£262k£180k

Common questions

Is EMERGENCY-LIFE SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF WAR AND POVERTY,UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £178,005, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £25,000 (three months of core expenditures). The charity reported a surplus of £61,869 for the year, driven by a large donation from the Randal Charitable Foundation, and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EMERGENCY-LIFE SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF WAR AND POVERTY,UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EMERGENCY-LIFE SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF WAR AND POVERTY,UK as a grant recipient include THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE TOLKIEN TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1.5mGrant to institutions
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1.5m
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2023£120k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£100kGrant via Emergency UK to Anabah in Afghanistan
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2022£40k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2021£10k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kInternational
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£0