The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Disasters Emergency Committee

Registered charity 1062638 Registered since 1997

Operates: Camden

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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.

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (6)

19
company-linked trustees

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

Overseas Aid/famine Relief 20Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Animals 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Other services 29Professional services 19Education 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£50.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.8 in 2021

37 from 21 in 2021
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dec.org.uk
Emailsupport@dec.org.uk
Phone020 4505 1695
Address17-21 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GT

Finances

£50,801,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£33,103,000£24,666,000
2022£274,291,000£180,420,000
2023£215,698,000£262,430,000
2024£32,906,000£53,688,000
2025£50,801,000£61,795,000

What it does

What

Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO SUPPORT UK CHARITABLE SECTOR NGO'S ("AGENCIES") IN THEIR TASK OF ALLEVIATING ACUTE HUMAN SUFFERING AMONGST THOSE LEAST ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE EFFECTS OF A MAJOR OVERSEAS DISASTER, BY:- (A) PROVIDING AN ACCREDITED NATIONAL FORUM FOR JOINT FUNDRAISING BY UK CHARITABLE VOLUNTARY SECTOR NGO'S ("AGENCIES") IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE FUNDS RAISED AND FACILITATE IMMEDIATE COMMITMENT FROM PARTICIPATING AGENCIES; (B) CREATING A FOCAL POINT FOR THE RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC, THE BROADCASTERS AND OTHERS OF SUCH DISASTERS; (C) FACILITATING AGENCY CO-OPERATION, CO-ORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION (D) ENSURING THAT FUNDS RAISED ARE USED IN AN EFFECTIVE, TIMELY FULLY ACCOUNTABLE WAY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/04/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/06/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/01/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUN 2017 as amended on 20 Mar 2018 as amended on 12 Jun 2026

Trustees (21)

21trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Disasters Emergency Committee · 03356526 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/04/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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