World in Need International

Registered charity 1041711 CIO Registered since 1994

Operates: East Sussex, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.2y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience

Finance 3Education 2Professional services 2

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Contact

Website	www.worldinneed.org.uk
Email	info@worldinneed.org.uk
Phone	01892669834
Address	World in Need, Trinity Hall, Mill Crescent, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2QU

Finances

£274,457 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£283,476	£277,182
2022	£331,102	£340,452
2023	£297,016	£287,261
2024	£292,558	£304,390
2025	£274,457	£282,018

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The objects of the CIO are, for the benefit of the public, to:(a) relieve poverty, sickness, suffering and distress;(b) preserve and protect health;(c) advance education; and(d) advance the Christian faith,in each case, by such means and in such parts of the world as the Charity Trustees may, from time to time, consider to be appropriate.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 17 MAR 2025 as amended on 18 Nov 2025

Trustees (6)

6trustees

53median age

0aged 70+

Allan Kai-Lun Yipage 53 since 2021
Angeline Selvadassage 43 since 2026
Anne Martin since 2019
Daniel Mark Rowe since 2020
Ian St John Martinage 62 since 2019
Katie Louise Powney since 2021

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Growing Hope Tunbridge Wells 1 shared trustee

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