REACT Disaster Response Ltd

Analysis

REACT Disaster Response Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief, economic/community development/employment and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09644561). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, REACT Disaster Response Ltd reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.9m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £8.1m to £1.6m (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 81%. 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, REACT Disaster Response Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North and West Gloucestershire Citizens Advice (£1.6m), 4slc for Stocksbridge Leisure Centre Trust (£1.6m) and Ovarian Cancer Action (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, trading 13% and charitable activities 1.8%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £621k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.