INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 281776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IRFF - UK

IRFF - UK works to eradicate the causes and effects of poverty and associated problems around the world, especially in Africa, Asia, SE Asia and Europe. We are part of an effective international network which includes the other 80+ national IRFF Chapters, and many other affiliated organisations and associations.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISEASE AMONGST POOR AGED AND DISABLED PERSONS IN AFRICA, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND IN SUCH OTHER REGIONS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SERVICES TO ALL PERSONS REQUIRING THE SAME. 2. TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THE SICK AND AGED. 3. TO RELIEVE THE POOR.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the period was £54,491 against total spending of £53,784, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £13,183 within a total reserve position of £16,969, which the trustees note is only marginally higher than the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD HARTLEYchair
• Charles Cachia
• Marshall De Souza
• TESSA THONETT

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · Senegal · Uganda

Income and spending

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