Peace Direct

Analysis

Peace Direct is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06458464). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Peace Direct reported income of £6.0m and spending of £6.5m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £6.0m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Peace Direct 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Agape Ministries Ltd (£4.9m), The Sons of Divine Providence (£6.2m) and Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Regents Park, London, and Christchurch, Hants ) (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 5.0% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. Reserves of £869k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.