Professors Without Borders

Analysis

Professors Without Borders is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10075923). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Professors Without Borders reported income of £98k and spending of £94k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,279 to £98k (+2180%), an average of +118% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 823%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Professors Without Borders sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellesley Charitable Foundation (£98k), Forward Facing (£98k) and Newcastle West End Sport Community Association (£98k).