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Registered charity · London

Action Against Hunger UK

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £22m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where
Throughout England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and more
Website
www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Action Against Hunger UK
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£22m£23m
  • 2023£32m£32m
  • 2022£41m£39m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.0m£1.2m
  • 2020£51m£51m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 29% · Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE: (1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DEPRIVATION AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; AND (2) TO RELIEVE HUNGER, WHETHER CHRONIC OR TEMPORARY, BY WAY OF EMERGENCY INTERVENTION AND/OR ESTABLISHING REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES. NOTHING IN THE OBJECTS SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES THAT ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Grants received

16 grants · £25,575,561 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £19,956,471 (7 grants)
  • Postcode International Trust · £5,400,000 (4 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £188,841 (2 grants)
  • CHK Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • Quartet Community Foundation · £250

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Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

5.2y median 2y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 7Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 39Health and social care 8Business services 7

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

168 from 68 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
59%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1047501
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 16TH JUNE 1995.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 SEP 2022 as amended on 31 Aug 2022
Companies House
Company number 03069468 · Active
Contact on the register
0208853 7571 · support@actionagainsthunger.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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