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CRIBS INTERNATIONAL LTD

Registered charity 1173021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRIBS INTERNATIONAL

To provide funding for accommodation, medical support, food aid, breastfeeding support and other necessities to refugee and asylum seeker women who are pregnant or who have babies under 12 months old. We aim to promote health, wellbeing and relief of poverty by providing accommodation for the women with their children, partners and other family members.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£141k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small net surplus of £2,966 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total income of £144,013 and total expenditure of £141,047. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £30,524, which is approximately 93% of the stated policy target minimum of £32,818.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £31k; policy: three to six months of monthly expenditure on housing and supporting refugees)
“As of 28 February 2025, our reserves stood at £30,524, which is around 93% of the target minimum level.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greece

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£144k£141k
29/02/2024£178k£158k
28/02/2023£153k£155k
28/02/2022£138k£153k
28/02/2021£115k£112k

Common questions

Is CRIBS INTERNATIONAL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small net surplus of £2,966 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total income of £144,013 and total expenditure of £141,047. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £30,524, which is approximately 93% of the stated policy target minimum of £32,818. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CRIBS INTERNATIONAL LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CRIBS INTERNATIONAL LTD as a grant recipient include LET YOURSELF TRUST, THE FUNDING NETWORK, ForRefugees, HIGHWAY ONE TRUST, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LET YOURSELF TRUSTFY2024£33kMedical costs, housing, food, and household and educational supplies for 14 families.
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2024£19k
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2022£16kFlagship
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2023£16k
ForRefugeesFY2022£13k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUSTFY2021£10k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kInternational
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERLEY EDGEFY2023£4kChristmas Appeal distribution
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—

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
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST2£120k
SMALLWOOD TRUST2£49k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust1—
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£210k
LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATION1£98k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST1£92k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION1£90k
THE KPMG FOUNDATION1£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRIBBS SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CRIBS INTERNATIONAL LTD£144k—0below—no doubt
CRIBBS SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB LIMITED FY2026£64k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CRISIS CENTRE FY2025£877k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BIRTH PARTNER PROJECT FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
REVIVE CIO FY2025£358k—0below—no doubt
CHRISTIAN RESTORATION MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025£178k—0above—no doubt

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