Effective Intervention

Analysis

Effective Intervention is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2005, 21 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 05493590). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Effective Intervention reported income of £974k and spending of £1.1m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £4.1m to £974k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Effective Intervention sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Magic Bus Global (£973k), The Rehabilitation Trust (£974k) and Faizul Quran Jamia Mosque (£973k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 104 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.