HUMAN APPEAL

Registered charity 1154288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL · also registered in Scotland as SC046481 (OSCR)

Latest income
£90.2m
Latest spending
£83.3m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income grew by 61% to £90.2 million, while charitable expenditure was £63.0 million. The charity holds £21 million in total funds, including £3.2 million in unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to manage foreseeable economic downturns.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 month’s operating costs and field offices running cost expenditure (held: £3.2m)
Going forward, the trustees will continue to focus on building a reserve over time sufficient to cover at least 6 month’s operating costs and field offices running cost expenditure.
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
Donations from Trustees totalling £1,909 (2023: £1,559) were received during the year.
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The WAQF Fund
Human Appeal established a subsidiary, The WAQF Fund (company number 14790001; charity number 1208651), a company incorporated by guarantee, in April 2023. — page 64
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Human Appeal (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£90.2m
Total spending
£83.3m
Cost of raising funds
£15.4m
Reserves (reported)
£3.2m
Employees
771

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Birmingham City · Burma · India · Jordan · Lebanon · Manchester City · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Somalia · Sri Lanka · Syria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£90.2m£83.3m
31/12/2023£56.2m£49.1m
31/12/2022£43.0m£49.0m
31/12/2021£35.5m£31.5m
31/12/2020£29.7m£26.0m

Common questions

Is HUMAN APPEAL financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income grew by 61% to £90.2 million, while charitable expenditure was £63.0 million. The charity holds £21 million in total funds, including £3.2 million in unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to manage foreseeable economic downturns. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds HUMAN APPEAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HUMAN APPEAL as a grant recipient include DHAKA AHSANIA MISSION, OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

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