Global Diplomatic Forum

Analysis

Global Diplomatic Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07566163). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Global Diplomatic Forum reported income of £153k and spending of £158k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £128k to £153k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Global Diplomatic Forum sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Zion Christian Fellowship (£152k), Breadtrust (£153k) and Fords Lane Evangelical Church (£152k).