Adventist Development and Relief Agency - UK

Analysis

Adventist Development and Relief Agency - UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Adventist Development and Relief Agency - UK reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £7.1m to £3.4m (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Adventist Development and Relief Agency - UK sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zane: Zimbabwe a National Emergency (£3.4m), Target Ovarian Cancer (£3.4m) and Unseen (UK) (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 24% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £139k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.0%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.