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CRISIS AID

Registered charity 1157507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Crisis aid is a humanitarian aid organization, which provides relief of poverty and support in times of crisis. Crisis Aid provides food, medication, shelter, education and other urgent needs for displaced people and refugees around the world.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,401,243, which is below the stated policy target of 100% of current annual expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £266,857 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,668,101 to £1,401,243.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 100% of current annual expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“Crisis Aid aims to have reserves of 100% of current annual expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Millet Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Crisis Aid (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£169k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Eritrea · Indonesia · Jordan · Kenya · Lebanon · Morocco · Pakistan · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Sri Lanka · Sudan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£1.2m£1.5m
31/05/2024£1.5m£1.6m
31/05/2023£1.5m£1.7m
31/05/2022£1.7m£2.0m
31/05/2021£2.5m£2.3m

Common questions

Is CRISIS AID financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,401,243, which is below the stated policy target of 100% of current annual expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £266,857 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,668,101 to £1,401,243. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Millet Audit Ltd.

Who funds CRISIS AID?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CRISIS AID as a grant recipient include YEMEN RELIEF (UK) LTD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YEMEN RELIEF (UK) LTDFY2022£660Donations and legacies

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PEGASUS2£401k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED2£210k
CHK Foundation2£170k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION2£15k
G M C TRUST2£12k
SSP FOUNDATION2£2k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST1—
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.9m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRISIS UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CRISIS AID£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CRISIS UK FY2025£67.2m——unclear—no doubt
AID THE NEEDY FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S AID FY2023£218k—0unclear—no doubt
REAL AID FY2025£351k—0below—noted
AID HUMANITY FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt

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