Global Diabetes Initiatives

Analysis

Global Diabetes Initiatives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13790301). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Global Diabetes Initiatives reported income of £44k and spending of £38k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £44k (+240%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 349%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Diabetes Initiatives sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Samuel Franklin Fund Elsworth (£44k), The Perry Watlington Trust (£44k) and Shanthona Women's Group (£44k).