WE ARE HUMANS

Registered charity 1201814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention and relief of poverty, especially food poverty, by providing food, including cooked food, other essentials and support and advice to those residents of Dorset and surrounding areas who are homeless and/or in financial need.

Objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, ESPECIALLY FOOD POVERTY, BY PROVIDING FOOD, INCLUDING COOKED FOOD, OTHER ESSENTIALS AND SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO THOSE RESIDENTS OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND/OR IN FINANCIAL NEED.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£45k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £22,948, while the trustees' policy targets holding reserves equivalent to nine months of expenditure. The filing notes that excluding a one-off loan and grant, donations increased by 33% and day-to-day spending remained static, reflecting strict cost control.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £23k; policy: nine months of expenditure)
“The trustees believe that, in the long term, it is prudent to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to 9 months of expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — We Are Humans (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£102k£45k
31/01/2025£31k£27k
31/01/2024£29k£11k

Common questions

Is WE ARE HUMANS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £22,948, while the trustees' policy targets holding reserves equivalent to nine months of expenditure. The filing notes that excluding a one-off loan and grant, donations increased by 33% and day-to-day spending remained static, reflecting strict cost control. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUMANS MCR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WE ARE HUMANS£102k—0below—no doubt
HUMANS MCR FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
WEYMOUTH FOODBANK FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
We Are With You FY2025£87.0m——within—no doubt
LETCHWORTH FOODBANK FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
FEEDING FAMILIES FY2025£913k—0unclear—no doubt

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