Emergency-Life Support for Civilian Victims of War and Poverty,uk

Analysis

Emergency-Life Support for Civilian Victims of War and Poverty,uk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08064654). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Emergency-Life Support for Civilian Victims of War and Poverty,uk reported income of £895k and spending of £833k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £262k to £895k (+241%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Emergency-Life Support for Civilian Victims of War and Poverty,uk sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (£895k), The Roper Family Charitable Trust (£896k) and Children's Heart Surgery Fund (£895k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £659k. Reserves of £179k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.