HUMEN

Registered charity 1174806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBAL HUMEN

HUMEN

Objects

For the public benefit, the advancement of health – in particular men’s mental health - across the UK, specifically but not exclusively by: (a) the provision of accessible and preventative solutions to male mental ill-health;(b) the promotion of the prevention of male mental ill-health and the need for this to be a first-line approach; (c) the advancement of the education of the general public about all aspects of men’s mental health and the need to improve and maintain it;(d) the promotion of equality and diversity by raising awareness around socially conditioned beliefs about gender.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£294k

Latest spending

£329k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net movement in funds of -£35,333, resulting in carried forward unrestricted reserves of £215,397. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate with the charity’s reserves policy, providing a prudent buffer against financial uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)

“The number of employees whose emoluments for the year (excluding employer pension costs) fell within the following band was: £70,001 – £80,000: 1” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose emoluments for the year (excluding employer pension costs) fell within the following band was: £70,001 – £80,000: 1” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: appropriate with the charity’s reserves policy, providing a prudent buffer against financial uncertainty (held: £215k)

“The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate with the charity’s reserves policy, providing a prudent buffer against financial uncertainty.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£984k

Total spending

£820k

Cost of raising funds

£509k

Reserves (reported)

£30k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 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: 51.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Charles George Oliver Cutting
Emily Cherrington
Nicholas Coleridge

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£294k	£329k
31/03/2024	£984k	£820k
31/03/2023	£409k	£243k
31/03/2022	£185k	£170k
31/03/2021	£177k	£54k

Common questions

Is HUMEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net movement in funds of -£35,333, resulting in carried forward unrestricted reserves of £215,397. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate with the charity’s reserves policy, providing a prudent buffer against financial uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of HUMEN earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/06/2023	£16k	Project Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/01/2022	£9k	Prevention Before Crisis

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION	1	£220k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£97k
GOWER STREET	1	£24k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST.

AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST income £161k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA income £450k
BEING HUMANITARIAN income £117k
The Movements Trust Limited income £631k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HUMEN	£294k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	within	—	no doubt
AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST FY2024	£161k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST FY2025	£240k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA FY2025	£450k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEING HUMANITARIAN FY2025	£117k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
The Movements Trust Limited FY2024	£631k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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