Global Relief Trust

Analysis

Global Relief Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Global Relief Trust reported income of £12.5m and spending of £11.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6.9m to £12.5m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. 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, Global Relief Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The Kenneth & Susan Green Charitable Foundation (£12.4m), Staffordshire Winter Sports Club (£12.5m) and Ty Hafan (£12.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £9.5m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.