Iraqi Christians in Need

Analysis

Iraqi Christians in Need is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thames Ditton. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Iraqi Christians in Need reported income of £70k and spending of £85k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £188k to £70k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Iraqi Christians in Need sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lee Green Lives (£70k), European Academy of Optometry and Optics (£70k) and The Sydney Black Charitable Trust Limited (£70k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.