EMERGE 3Rs

Analysis

EMERGE 3Rs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03556346). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, EMERGE 3Rs reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.3m (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, EMERGE 3Rs sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Bridges Centre (£1.3m), Quintessentially Foundation (£1.3m) and British Paediatric Neurology Association (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, donations and legacies 37% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £217k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.