Elrha

Analysis

Elrha is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11142219). It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Elrha reported income of £11.1m and spending of £11.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9.4m to £11.1m (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Elrha sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Embassy (£9.2m), Promoting Equality in African Schools (£11.3m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London (£8.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.8m. Reserves of £600k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.