INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF

Registered charity 1162572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES2. CARING FOR ORPHANS AND CHILDREN IN NEED3. SUPPORTING EDUCATION4. PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND WATER5. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD

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

Latest income
£406k
Latest spending
£412k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,295 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £167,497 to £161,202. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting six months of core expenditure, with unrestricted reserves of £76,984 held in standard banking facilities. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with accounting standards or the keeping of records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£754k
Total spending
£705k
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£60k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bradford City · India · Lebanon · Nepal · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Turkey · Uganda · Yemen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£406k£412k
31/12/2023£754k£705k
31/12/2022£455k£374k
31/12/2021£337k£342k
31/12/2020£387k£413k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,295 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £167,497 to £161,202. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting six months of core expenditure, with unrestricted reserves of £76,984 held in standard banking facilities. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with accounting standards or the keeping of records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF as a grant recipient include ISSA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ISSA FOUNDATIONFY2023£310k
ISSA FOUNDATIONFY2022£96k
ISSA FOUNDATIONFY2024£9k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORPHANS IN NEED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF£406k—0unclear—no doubt
ORPHANS IN NEED FY2025£23.5m——above—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCY TO HUMANITY FY2025£6.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
GIVE TO ORPHANS FY2024£177k—0unclear—no doubt

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