Global Disaster Relief Fund

Analysis

Global Disaster Relief Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 05537435). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Global Disaster Relief Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £20k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,544 to £19k (+1162%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 3472%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Global Disaster Relief Fund sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmaus Christian Fellowship Trust (£19k), The Samuel & Leah Cohen Memorial Fund (£20k) and Furni-Rescue (£19k).