Harm Reduction International

Analysis

Harm Reduction International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in December 2006, 20 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 03223265). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Harm Reduction International reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £823k to £1.3m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Harm Reduction International sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (£1.3m), Psychosynthesis and Education Trust (£1.3m) and Barnet Youth Zone (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £150k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.