The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

WAR on Want

Registered charity 208724 Registered since 1962

Operates: Hackney, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Honduras, Iraq, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria

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Board DNA

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10
trustees on the board
3.2y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
10.8y
average years in governance
10 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 10Overseas Aid/famine Relief 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

Commercial experience

Health and social care 14Education 3Other services 3
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Contact

Websitewww.waronwant.org
Emailsupport@waronwant.org
Phone02073245040
AddressWAR ON WANT, 44-48 SHEPHERDESS WALK, LONDON, N1 7JP

Finances

£4,048,876 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,731,116£1,704,661
2022£4,167,101£1,928,317
2023£2,022,533£1,920,100
2024£2,106,607£2,476,867
2025£4,048,876£2,728,272

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1.TO RELIEVE GLOBAL POVERTY HOWEVER CAUSED THROUGH WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 2.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS DEFINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND, IN PARTICULAR, SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELIEF OF GLOBAL POVERTY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS, RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. 3.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAUSES OF POVERTY AND THE WAYS OF REDUCING POVERTY BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING THE FINDINGS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/06/1959AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/03/1965AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/06/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/02/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 JUN 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 AUG 2024

Trustees (10)

10trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

WAR on Want · 00629916 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 08/06/1959

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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