Green Crescent Aid UK

Analysis

Green Crescent Aid UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Green Crescent Aid UK reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £552k to £1.5m (+176%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Green Crescent Aid UK 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 Age UK Bath and North East Somerset Limited (£1.5m), Sage House, Tangmere (£1.5m) and Hopian (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £217k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.