HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL
Registered charity 288180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.
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
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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Sarah Helen Harperchair
- Benidicto Feliciano Belton
- Cecilia Agnes Mbeere Mwaura-Mbaka
- Dr Alexandre Sidorenko
- Graham Bennett
- Helen Clare Mealins
- Jacobus Retief Hoffman
- Kankindi Birigenda Rose Gahire
- Martine Najim
- Mika Marumoto
- Peter S J Kaldes
- SAMIR KUMAR SINHA
- Sonia Flavia Di Mezza
- Victoria Aurora Marquez Mees
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
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, THE TULA TRUST LIMITED, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST.
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