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Registered charity · London

Concern Worldwide (UK)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £36m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi and more
Website
www.concern.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Concern Worldwide (UK)
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£36m£39m
  • 2023£25m£28m
  • 2022£31m£25m
Earlier years
  • 2021£23m£23m
  • 2020£34m£34m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 46%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY IN THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES AND REGIONS AND THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.4.2 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 IN RELATION TO THE APPLICATION OF THE TAX ACTS AS DEFINED BY S831(2) INCOME AND CORPORATION TAXES ACT 1988

Grants received

15 grants · £7,802,996 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 · £6,399,706 (7 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £802,290 (2 grants)
  • Comic Relief · £500,000
  • EA Foundation · £67,000 (2 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £34,000 (3 grants)

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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

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

9
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 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11

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

Health and social care 12Other services 4Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£36.5m 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

73 from 69 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1092236
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/12/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/08/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 JUN 2016
Companies House
Company number 04323646 · Active
Contact on the register
02078011850 · londoninfo@concern.net
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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