World Rescue Organisation

Analysis

World Rescue Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blantyre. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04583084). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2023, World Rescue Organisation reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2023, income fell from £24k to £21k (-15%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, World Rescue Organisation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highbridge Community Hall Trust (£21k), Hastings & St Leonards Voluntary Lifeguard Club (£21k) and Llanddewi Velfrey Village Hall & Playing Field Committee (£21k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.