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Actionaid

Actionaid is a registered charity (number 274467) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Professor Joy Angela Warmington since 2026. Latest income £48m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Actionaid International UK, Actionaid UK (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £48m (2025)
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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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Islington, Somerset, Afghanistan, Australia and more
Website
www.actionaid.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Actionaid
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£48m£48m
  • 2024£46m£49m
  • 2023£53m£55m
Earlier years
  • 2022£60m£58m
  • 2021£50m£48m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD: - 1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS; 2) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND MEANS OF ALLEVIATION OF SUCH POVERTY AND DISTRESS; AND FOR SUCH OTHER ANCILLARY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE AND IN RELATION TO THE OBJECTS TO ACT WITH FAIRNESS, TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR THE INHERENT VALUE OF ALL HUMAN INDIVIDUALS AND WITH AN AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL BELIEFS.

Grants received

24 grants · £20,664,890 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

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.

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Overseas Aid/famine Relief 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 14Health and social care 6Business 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£46.1m 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.

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

193 from 211 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.
6%
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
274467
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/01/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/03/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/07/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/08/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/05/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/12/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 OCT 2016
Companies House
Company number 01295174 · Active
Contact on the register
01460238000 · mail@actionaid.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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