THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST

Registered charity 208575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To benefit the community in the fields of charitable, educational and social work at the discretion of the trustees. The charity makes grants to fulfill its charitable objective and does not engage directly with vulnerable group

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£240k

Latest spending

£294k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £5,570,017, with all funds classified as unrestricted. The charity reported a net income of £94,424 for the year, driven by investment gains, while total charitable expenditure exceeded investment income. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain long-term investments; cash reserves to meet forthcoming commitments (held: £5.6m)

“The intention of the Trustees is to retain the long-term investments. The investments produce income to cover the grants recommended by the Trustees and the related support costs. Cash reserves are maintained in order to meet forthcoming commitments.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

JACQUES GUNSBOURGchair
Alexander Halban
Anna Josse · trustee of 4 other charities
EMMANUELLE GUNSBOURG-KASAVI
PIERRE HALBAN

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£240k	£294k
05/04/2024	£237k	£315k
05/04/2023	£236k	£341k
05/04/2022	£232k	£262k
05/04/2021	£229k	£302k

Common questions

Is THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £5,570,017, with all funds classified as unrestricted. The charity reported a net income of £94,424 for the year, driven by investment gains, while total charitable expenditure exceeded investment income. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£5k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEING HUMANITARIAN.

BEING HUMANITARIAN income £117k
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST income £293k
THE A. H. TRUST income £359k
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST income £319k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	£240k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEING HUMANITARIAN FY2025	£117k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£136k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£293k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025	£359k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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