Hostage International

Analysis

Hostage International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hostage International reported income of £199k and spending of £216k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £214k to £199k (-6.9%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hostage International 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 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mindspace (Stamford) Limited (£199k), Transform Burkina (£199k) and Crich Glebe Community Centre (£199k).