International Rescue Committee, U.k

Analysis

International Rescue Committee, U.k is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03458056). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, International Rescue Committee, U.k reported income of £104.1m and spending of £104.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £115.7m to £104.1m (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, International Rescue Committee, U.k sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Road Safety Trust (£102.1m), Sue Ryder (£104.7m) and Sense, the National Deafblind and Rubella Association (£101.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 7.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.3m. Reserves of £6.2m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 227 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.