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Registered charity · London

International Rescue Committee, U.K

2. OBJECTS2.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are:2.1.1 to relieve poverty, distress and suffering in any part of the world, in particular, but not exclusively, for the benefit of refugees and victims of oppression, violent...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £104m (2025)
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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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
Where
Afghanistan, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic and more
Website
www.rescue-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
International Rescue Committee, U.K.
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£104m£105m
  • 2024£117m£119m
  • 2023£122m£122m
Earlier years
  • 2022£114m£109m
  • 2021£116m£114m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 11% · Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2. OBJECTS2.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are:2.1.1 to relieve poverty, distress and suffering in any part of the world, in particular, but not exclusively, for the benefit of refugees and victims of oppression, violent conflict, natural or other kinds of disaster and displacement (the “Beneficiaries”);2.1.2 to carry out programmes in global emergency relief so as to assist the Beneficiaries;2.1.3 to advance the education, development and training of the Beneficiaries;2.1.4 to advance and protect the health of the Beneficiaries;and to fulfil such objects without regard to the race, nationality or religion of the Beneficiaries.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Grants received

17 grants · £18,621,898 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.

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.2y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 13Health and social care 8Business services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£116.5m 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.

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

267 from 131 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.
15%
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
1065972
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/10/1997 as amended on 27 Jun 2012 as amended on 16 Jul 2025 as amended on 16 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 03458056 · Active
Contact on the register
02039832727 · london@rescue.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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