Interserve International Fellowship

Analysis

Interserve International Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2020, 6 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 company (Companies House number 11599413). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Interserve International Fellowship reported income of £501k and spending of £591k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £358k to £501k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Interserve International Fellowship sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Harmony Centre (£500k), Streatham Youth and Community Trust (£501k) and Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan (£500k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 12% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £70k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.

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.