Global Challenge

Analysis

Global Challenge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Global Challenge reported income of £68k and spending of £54k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £48k to £68k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Global Challenge 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 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Medical Society (£68k), Men in Sheds (Hull) (£68k) and Poverty Breakers (£68k).