British-Ukrainian Aid

Analysis

British-Ukrainian Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09364712). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British-Ukrainian Aid reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,541 to £1.5m (+19549%), an average of +274% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 68340%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British-Ukrainian Aid 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The D'oyly Carte Charitable Trust (£1.5m), Jamiyat Tabligh-Ul-Islam (£1.5m) and Shared Lives Plus Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and charitable activities 5.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £15k. Reserves of £410k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.