Global Giving UK

Analysis

Global Giving UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05824642). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Global Giving UK reported income of £2.9m and spending of £3.3m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.5m to £2.9m (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Global Giving UK sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Lincoln & Lindsey (£2.9m), Voluntary Action - Leeds (£3.0m) and Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and charitable activities 3.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £179k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.