WAR ON WANT
Registered charity 208724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
War on Want fights poverty in developing countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected by globalisation. We campaign for human rights and against the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total operating income increased to £4,048,876, while total operating expenditure was £2,728,272, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,671,467, which the trustees confirm are within their stated policy range of £1,100,000 to £1,800,000, indicating adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (70% of income)
“We received 70% of our funding (2024: 53%) in the form of grants for restricted purposes.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least £1,100,000 and not more than £1,800,000 (held: £1.7m)
“On the basis of the above policy, the trustees have determined that War on Want’s reserves should be at least £1,100,000 in 2024-25, and do not need to be more than £1,800,000. Reserves as at 31 March 2024 are £1,671,467 which is within the agreed range.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
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.
- WOOLLEY, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 04/09/2026not on trustee list
- GUIDORZI, Natalia — director, appointed 04/09/2026not on trustee list
- KHATUN, Kaysara Begom — director, appointed 04/09/2026not on trustee list
- RAFIQ, Nesar Ahemad — director, appointed 14/06/2025on trustee list
- SULLIVAN, Wilfred Hyde — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
- MENON, Rajiv — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
- AL GHUSSAIN, Alia — director, appointed 23/06/2022not on trustee list
- DAVIES, Stephen Mark, Dr — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
- GILES, Esther — director, appointed 31/01/2022on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£607k
Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alia Al Ghussainchair
- Amber Williams
- Dr Stephen Mark Davies
- Esther Giles
- Mark David Luetchford
- Mike Cushman
- Nesar Rafiq
- Norah Rosina O'Hare
- Rajiv Menon
- Wilfred Sullivan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bangladesh · Brazil · China · Colombia · Hackney · Honduras · Iraq · Kenya · Malawi · Mali · Mozambique · Nigeria
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WAR ON WANT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total operating income increased to £4,048,876, while total operating expenditure was £2,728,272, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,671,467, which the trustees confirm are within their stated policy range of £1,100,000 to £1,800,000, indicating adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Who funds WAR ON WANT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WAR ON WANT as a grant recipient include THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION, DISRUPT FOUNDATION, FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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