Connect: North Korea

Analysis

Connect: North Korea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment 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 makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Connect: North Korea reported income of £514k and spending of £561k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £124k to £514k (+316%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 131%. 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, Connect: North Korea sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Band Trust (£513k), The Branch Trust, Chipping Norton (CIO) (£514k) and Spotlight on Africa (£513k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Reserves of £11k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.