International Needs UK

Analysis

International Needs UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Croydon. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Needs UK reported income of £992k and spending of £978k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £868k to £992k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, International Needs UK sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cosmic (£992k), Elht&me (£993k) and Article 25 (£991k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and charitable activities 5.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £819k. Reserves of £203k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.