INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.K — grant history

Registered charity 1065972 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£104.1m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£83.8m

Accounts grants total

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extracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: The website does not state that the funder accepts unsolicited applications. It directs potential supporters to 'Become a Corporate Partner' or 'Become a Philanthropic Partner' under the 'Work With Us' section, implying a partnership or solicitation process rather than an open application.

Summarised from www.rescue-uk.org on 14/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (2 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (1 grantee)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Education/training (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

South Africa (2 grantees)
Australia (1 grantee)
Burma (1 grantee)
Belgium (1 grantee)
Bosnia And Herzegovina (1 grantee)
Brazil (1 grantee)
Bangladesh (1 grantee)
Camden (1 grantee)
Canada (1 grantee)
Albania (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
FCDO	FY2025	£29.3m	Income received by IRC UK.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)	FY2025	£27.7m	Income received by IRC UK.
Irish Aid	FY2025	£6.1m	Income received by IRC UK.
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)	FY2025	£4.9m	Note 1 lists AFD as a donor to IRC UK. However, the prompt asks for grants MADE BY this charity. IRC UK is the recipient of these funds. The accounts do not list any grants paid out by IRC UK to other institutions. All listed amounts in Note 1 are income received by IRC UK.
Disaster Emergency Committee	FY2025	£4.0m	Income received by IRC UK.
Others	FY2025	£2.1m	Income received by IRC UK.
French Crisis and Support Centre (CDCS)	FY2025	£2.1m	Income received by IRC UK.
Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC)	FY2025	£1.8m	Income received by IRC UK.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark	FY2025	£1.6m	Income received by IRC UK.
UBS Optimus Foundation	FY2025	£1.0m	Income received by IRC UK.
Home Office	FY2025	£831k	Income received by IRC UK.
Quadrature Climate Foundation	FY2025	£738k	Income received by IRC UK.
Norwegian Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs	FY2025	£601k	Income received by IRC UK.
Minderoo Foundation	FY2025	£319k	Income received by IRC UK.
Porticus	FY2025	£302k	Income received by IRC UK.
Islamic Relief	FY2025	£287k	Income received by IRC UK.
Children's Investment Fund Foundation	FY2025	£198k	Income received by IRC UK.
Disasters Emergency Committee	FY2023	£150.0m	Page 7 states: 'the IRC along with other leading charities raised 150 million GBP'. This is money raised by the DEC/IRC network, not a grant paid out by IRC UK to another institution. It is income.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)	FY2023	£38.0m	Page 18 states: 'Supported by over £38 million from FCDO, this project reached 3.5 million people...'. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs	FY2023	£30.0m	Note 18 lists Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA) as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)	FY2023	£28.3m	Note 18 lists SIDA as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Disasters Emergency Committee	FY2023	£26.3m	Page 22 states: 'Funding from these appeals totals £26,288,330.' This is income received by IRC UK from the DEC. Not a grant paid out.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)	FY2023	£17.0m	Page 17 states: 'With support of over £17 million from FCDO, IRC implemented the EAGER project...'. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)	FY2023	£15.0m	Note 18 lists SIDA as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs	FY2023	£15.0m	Note 18 lists Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA) as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)	FY2023	£12.0m	Page 20 states: 'Having signed the 2 project agreements for the 36-month project with Sida ($12 million)...'. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)	FY2023	£6.0m	Note 18 lists SDC as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Home Office	FY2023	£2.2m	Page 9 states: 'In FY23, RAI UK secured its first government contract from the Home Office... with a value of 2.2 million for two years'. IRC UK is the recipient of the contract funding. Not a grant paid out.
Irish Aid	FY2023	£2.0m	Note 18 lists Irish Aid as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
French Crisis and Support Centre (CDCS)	FY2023	£2.0m	Note 18 lists CDCS as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)	FY2023	£2.0m	Note 18 lists AFD as a donor contributing to charitable activities. The amounts listed are income received/received by IRC UK, not grants paid out by IRC UK to AFD. IRC UK is the recipient. Rule 1 states: Extract ONLY grants this charity PAID OUT. Therefore, these are not included.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)	FY2023	£933k	Page 18 states: 'The £933,000 from FCDO, led by the IRC in partnership with Concern Worldwide...'. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
Local partners	FY2023	£400k	Page 22 states: 'As of July 2023, more than €400,000 has been sub-granted to local partners under this project.' The currency is Euros. The rule requires GBP. Also, the exact GBP amount is not stated, only 'more than €400,000'. I cannot convert 'more than' to a specific absolute GBP figure. I will exclude this as the amount is not precise.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)	FY2023	£400k	Page 18 states: 'The $400,000 Sida project aims to reach 40,000 clients...'. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.
UK FCDO Embassy	FY2023	£30k	Note 18 lists UK FCDO Embassy as a donor. IRC UK is the recipient. Not a grant paid out.

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