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RAFAH INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1168436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rafah International provides humanitarian aid to the impoverished people of Yemen and the victims of conflict and natural disasters. It also supports teachers students and educational institutes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£390k
Latest spending
£366k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £5,000 in reserve to cover emergency expenses and running costs. Per the trustees' report, this amount is held specifically for such contingencies. The total unrestricted funds at year-end were £12,896, providing a small buffer above the stated emergency reserve target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £5,000 (held: £13k)
“The charity holds £5,000 in reserve in case of an emergency expense and to cover running costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rafah international (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2023)

Total income
£559k
Total spending
£508k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£5k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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: 1.2% 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: Throughout England And Wales · Yemen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£390k£366k
31/07/2024£463k£275k
31/07/2023£559k£508k
31/07/2022£683k£438k
31/07/2021£698k£738k

Common questions

Is RAFAH INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £5,000 in reserve to cover emergency expenses and running costs. Per the trustees' report, this amount is held specifically for such contingencies. The total unrestricted funds at year-end were £12,896, providing a small buffer above the stated emergency reserve target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RAFAH INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RAFAH INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include GREENGATE TRUST, HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATION, SAVE THE MOTHERS TRUST (SMT).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GREENGATE TRUSTFY2021£267kAssist the work of Rafah Foundation, which provides education in Yemen.
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kPhilippines humanitarian aid and food packs
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£8kJordan food packs
SAVE THE MOTHERS TRUST (SMT)FY2022£7kRamadan food aid
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£6kMalawi orphans and widows benefit
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£6kEid ul Adha gifts to orphans and widows
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kSyria Ramadan Food Support Programme
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kSyria Ramadan food packs
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kYemen fitrana contributions
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kYemen Fitrana meals
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kKenya Mama Sadia orphanage construction
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£4kPakistan food packs
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kAleppo earthquake disaster food packs
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kIndonesia Jakarta food packs
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£700Malawi Eid party and gifts for orphanage

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
YAFA FOUNDATION1£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION YEMEN LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAFAH INTERNATIONAL£390k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTION YEMEN LIMITED FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt
YAFA FOUNDATION FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
SABA RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL RAHMAH FOUNDATION FY2025£4.1m—1below—no doubt
RAHMA (MERCY) FY2024£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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