UK Gives Ltd

Analysis

UK Gives Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09136891). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, UK Gives Ltd reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.6m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £584k to £1.5m (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 395%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, UK Gives Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 International Network for Advancing Science and Policy (£1.4m), Village Water Limited (£1.5m) and Christ for All Nations (U.k.) (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.5%.