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Registered charity · London

Disasters Emergency Committee

  • 21 trustees
  • Income £41m (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where
Camden
Website
www.dec.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Disasters Emergency Committee
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£41m£48m
  • 2025£51m£62m
  • 2024£33m£54m
Earlier years
  • 2023£216m£262m
  • 2022£274m£180m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

91 grants · £29,807,648 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 · £20,000,000 (3 grants)
  • Department for International Development · £6,000,000 (2 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £2,600,000 (11 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £411,000 (23 grants)
  • Ministry of Defence · £130,000

Most recent

Board analysis

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

12y
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 18Education 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.
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1062638
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 03356526 · Active
Contact on the register
020 4505 1695 · support@dec.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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