Relief International UK

Analysis

Relief International UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in One Mayfair Place. It was registered in June 2003, 23 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04476247). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Relief International UK reported income of £43.3m and spending of £43.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £67.7m to £43.3m (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 24%. 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, Relief International UK 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 Royal Marsden Cancer Charity (£42.9m), Nazareth Care Charitable Trust (£43.3m) and Fedcap UK (£42.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.