ETHAR RELIEF

Registered charity 1169308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing Emergency relief and development programs to Eritrean Refugees in particular and to the needy in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, we do this by providing grants and financial support the victim of natural and other kind of disaster. our main focus is Education, Training, Clean Water, Health, orphans, and food programs. we make grant to individuals & organisation to achieve these objectives

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUPPORT OF PEOPLE PRIMARILY IN AND FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA, PARTICULARLY THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN EAST-SUDAN FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:-1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY;2. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT;3. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED;4. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE;5. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, EMPOWERING AND ENABLING INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.6. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · 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

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income more than doubled to £3.03m in 2025, driven by a 75% increase in donations and a seven-fold increase in grants. Expenditure rose to £3.16m, resulting in a net deficit of £0.13m for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £108,414, which the trustees note represents just above three months of operational budget, meeting their stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ethar Relief (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 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£3.2m
Cost of raising funds
£976k
Reserves (reported)
£68k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 32.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · Sudan · Yemen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.0m£3.2m
31/12/2024£1.2m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2022£1.4m£2.0m
31/12/2021£2.9m£2.5m

Common questions

Is ETHAR RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income more than doubled to £3.03m in 2025, driven by a 75% increase in donations and a seven-fold increase in grants. Expenditure rose to £3.16m, resulting in a net deficit of £0.13m for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £108,414, which the trustees note represents just above three months of operational budget, meeting their stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds ETHAR RELIEF?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ETHAR RELIEF as a grant recipient include ALBIRR FOUNDATION UK, THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ALBIRR FOUNDATION UKFY2022£2k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024amount not stated

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 PROJECT HARAR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ETHAR RELIEF£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt
PROJECT HARAR FY2025£498k——above—no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
SYRIAN REFUGEE RELIEF FUND FY2025£268k—0above—no doubt
HUMANITY CONCERN PROJECTS FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTS FOR REFUGEES FY2025£26k—0above—no doubt

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