Teresa Ball International Solidarity Fund

Analysis

Teresa Ball International Solidarity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dublin 14. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03914049). It says it provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Teresa Ball International Solidarity Fund reported income of £5.6m and spending of £2.4m, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £213k to £5.6m (+2509%), an average of +126% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 13184%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Teresa Ball International Solidarity Fund sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Start Upright (£5.5m), Chasdei Aharon Limited (£5.6m) and Transport Benevolent Fund (CIO) (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from . Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Reserves of £23.5m would cover about 118 months of spending at that rate.