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

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that Ethar Relief generated a deficit of £324,450 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £182,955, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operational budget and weather unforeseen challenges. Despite a marked fall in income to £1.21m, the charity remains in operation with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£593k
Reserves (reported)
£113k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 48.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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
31/12/2024£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
31/12/2020£0£0

Common questions

Is ETHAR RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that Ethar Relief generated a deficit of £324,450 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £182,955, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operational budget and weather unforeseen challenges. Despite a marked fall in income to £1.21m, the charity remains in operation with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2024 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 LIMITEDFY2024£0

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 ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ETHAR RELIEF£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE FY2025£239.0m——unclear—no doubt
ACTION YEMEN LIMITED FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt
SYRIAN REFUGEE RELIEF FUND FY2025£268k—0above—no doubt
SABA RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
WATAN ALKHAIR RELIEF FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt

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