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HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 288180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q1604520 · Wikipedia · also known as HAI

HelpAge International's vision is a world in which all older people fulfil their potential to lead dignified, active, healthy and secure lives. We work with our partners to ensure that people everywhere understand how much older people contribute to society and that they must enjoy their right to healthcare, social services and economic and physical security.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE BY LAW ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND FOR SUCH OTHER ANCILLARY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£32.1m
Latest spending
£34.1m
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that HelpAge International reported a net expenditure of £2.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £8.0m to £5.8m. The Trustees consider that unrestricted reserves of £2.8m are within the target policy level of 4–5 months of unrestricted expenditure. The organisation continues to operate in high-risk security environments but maintains sufficient reserves to support its strategic transition to a partner-led model.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4–5 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.8m)
“The Trustees consider that unrestricted reserves should be at the level of 4–5 months of unrestricted expenditure which translates to £2.2 to £2.8m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from related parties are excluded from normal course of business per Note 17, but Note 3 and 15 show significant income from HelpAge network members (HelpAge Deutschland, HelpAge Canada, HelpAge USA, Age International). Note 17 states 'There are no donations from related parties which are outside of the normal course of business.' However, these are strategic grants/income, not necessarily 'related party transactions' in the sense of control/ownership, but they are connected entities. The prompt asks for 'disclosed related-party transactions'. Note 17 is the specific related party note. It says 'There are no donations from related parties which are outside of the normal course of business.' It does not explicitly list the network members as 'related parties' in a transactional sense in that specific note, but Note 3 lists them as donors. Given the strict rule 'NEVER guess', and Note 17's silence on specific amounts for related parties (only saying none outside normal course), I will look for explicit 'related party' disclosures. Note 17 is the only explicit 'Related party transactions' section. It contains no specific transaction details other than the disclaimer. Therefore, no specific related party *transactions* with amounts are explicitly detailed in a 'Related Party' section. However, Age International is a supporting member. I will leave this empty as no specific *related party transaction* table or list with amounts is provided in the 'Related party transactions' note (Note 17).
“There are no donations from related parties which are outside of the normal course of business.” — page 70
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 13 (£60,001–£70,000: 9; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£60,001–£70,000: 6; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 10 (£60,001–£70,000: 6; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (26,251 followers) · instagram (4,620 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£32.1m
Total spending
£34.1m
Reserves (reported)
£3.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (65% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Bolivia · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cambodia · China · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Haiti · India · Iraq

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£32.1m£34.1m
31/03/2024£34.3m£42.2m
31/03/2023£41.2m£40.3m
31/03/2022£29.4m£22.0m
31/03/2021£22.1m£20.7m

Common questions

Is HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that HelpAge International reported a net expenditure of £2.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £8.0m to £5.8m. The Trustees consider that unrestricted reserves of £2.8m are within the target policy level of 4–5 months of unrestricted expenditure. The organisation continues to operate in high-risk security environments but maintains sufficient reserves to support its strategic transition to a partner-led model. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE BAND AID CHARITABLE TRUST, START NETWORK, THE TULA TRUST LIMITED, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2023£19.3mInternational
AGE UKFY2022£18.0mInternational
AGE UKFY2021£13.2mInternational
THE BAND AID CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£250kFood Security and Livelihood Projects
START NETWORKFY2025£215k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£5k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2021£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2008£488kPoverty + Vulnerability Reduction through Drought Mitigation + Community Ac
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2008£494kTsunami Affected Older People Rebuilding Their Lives and Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2008£5.1mPreventing HIV/AIDS & Alleviating its impact in Multigenerational Household
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2007£10kPreventing HIV/AIDS & Alleviating its impact in Multigenerational Household
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2007£519kSukumuland Older Women's Rights Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund31/03/2005£466kCommunity Mechanisms for mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
The National Lottery Community Fund27/07/2004£529kDefending the rights of marginalised people in Bolivia and Peru

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION2£110k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.7m
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£2.3m
Rothesay Foundation1£2.3m
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£2.0m
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£500k
Sussex Community NHS Charity1£430k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£352k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELP INTERNATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL£32.1m——within—no doubt
HELP INTERNATIONAL FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
HELP AND CARE FY2026£4.8m£80,001 - £90,0006within—no doubt
HEALTH HELP INTERNATIONAL FY2025£195k—0above—no doubt
KIDS ALIVE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£290k——below—no doubt
AGE UK FY2025£131.8m£280,001 - £290,000—within—no doubt

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