The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The British RED Cross Society

Registered charity 220949 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mongolia, Burma, Nepal

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

  • Dennis Dunn MBE JP DL since 2019
  • Louise Halpin since 2020
  • Yaseer Ahmed since 2019
9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 8General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Finance 4Arts and leisure 3Education 3

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£287.1m latest income
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.

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

3286 from 3356 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.
29%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.redcross.org.uk
Emailcontactus@redcross.org.uk
Phone0344 871 11 11
AddressBRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, 44 MOORFIELDS, LONDON, EC2Y 9AL

Finances

£287,100,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£305,900,000£295,300,000
2021£226,500,000£234,700,000
2022£439,000,000£366,700,000
2023£330,600,000£322,700,000
2024£287,100,000£310,300,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICTS (B) TO WORK FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND FOR THE PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 22ND JULY 1997, REVISED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL ON 17 JULY 2003.

Trustees (12)

8trustees
66median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British RED Cross Society · RC000070 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (3)

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